„Here, I'll practice on you. Mom. I have something to tell you. I'm undead. Now, I know you may have some preconceived notions about the undead. I know you may not be comfortable with the idea of me being undead. But I'm here to tell you that the undead are just like you and me. Well, okay. Possibly more like me than you.“

„Now I've got this moniker that I'm the foot-in-mouth gal, and I keep thinking, In what way? Because I said something you don't agree with? Because I said something you don't like? I'm just telling you my opinion. I hate the idea that I can't be honest about how I feel about things because it's going to piss somebody off who feels differently. That seems preposterous to me.“

—  Katherine Heigl American actress and film producer 1978

InStyle magazine (2009)

„Here we judge you by what you do, not by who your father was. Here you can be something. Here's a place to build a home. It isn't the land-there's always more land. it's the idea that we all have value, you and me, we're worth something more than the dirt. I never saw dirt I'd die for, but I'm not asking you to come join us and fight for dirt. What we're all fighting for, in the end, is each other.“

—  Michael Shaara, book The Killer Angels

Part I, CH 2: Chamberlain, p. 32
The Killer Angels (1974)

„My mom used to tell me that whatever you do, marry someone who loves you more than you love him.“

—  Nicholas Sparks American writer and novelist 1965

Emma Harris, Chapter 19, p. 202
2000s, The Guardian (2003)

„My mom used to give me messages like this: "Ummmmmmm… Scott called… IS HE THE GAY??!!" "Well, God, mom, I don't know if he's the gay… that's a lot of pressure on just one guy. He has to do the parade all by himself! 'I'm here! I'm queer!… I guess I'm the only one.'"“

—  Margaret Cho American stand-up comedian 1968

From Her Tours and CDs, I'm The One That I Want Tour

„Mom, I have something to tell you. My thong, is so far up my crack right now.“

—  Kelly Osbourne English singer-songwriter, actress, television presenter and fashion designer 1984

„I know that you have come here today to hear explanations. Well, don't expect to hear any explanations about Dada. You explain to me why you exist. You haven't the faintest idea. You will say: I exist to make my children happy. But in your hearts you know that isn't so. You will say: I exist to guard my country, against barbarian invasions. That's a fine reason. You will say: I exist because God wills. That's a fairy tale for children.“

—  Tristan Tzara Romanian and French avant-garde poet, essayist and performance artist 1896 - 1963

1920s, Lecture on Dada', 1922

„I did not tell Fat this, but technically he had become a Buddha. It did not seem to me like a good idea to let him know. After all, if you are a Buddha you should be able to figure it out for yourself.“

—  Philip K. Dick, book VALIS

Source: VALIS

„When did you get all insightful?" he asked.
"I have no idea," Josh admitted.
"I don't like it."
"Me, either. Makes me feel like a girl. Don't tell anyone."

(Ethan and Josh)“

—  Susan Mallery American author 1950

Source: Almost Perfect

„Meanwhile," Simon added, "I wanted to tell you that lately I've been cross-dressing. Also, I'm sleeping with your mom. I thought you should know.“

—  Cassandra Clare, book City of Bones

Simon to Clary, pg. 6
Source: The Mortal Instruments, City of Bones (2007)

„Darling, would you like to grow a beard?'
'Would you like me to?'
'It might be fun. I'd like to see you with a beard.'
'All right. I'll grow one. I'll start now this minute. It's a good idea. It will give me something to do.“

—  Ernest Hemingway, book A Farewell to Arms

Catherine and Henry discussing whether he should grow a beard, in Ch. 38
A Farewell to Arms (1929)

„You have no idea about presents or what they mean. The last
present you gave me was a stick.”
“You wanted a weapon.”
“It was a stick.”
“It had a bow on it.”
“It was a stick.”
“I thought you liked the stick. You laughed.“

—  Derek Landy Irish children's writer 1974

Source: Kingdom of the Wicked

„Also, I'm sleeping with your mom. Just thought you should know.“

—  Cassandra Clare, book City of Bones

Source: City of Bones

„Mostly, you write a script and someone’s gonna rewrite you. They get hundreds of— not hundred but they get ten writers to write something. If you have a big budget, you can go and get a lot of people to write on script…. I just actually heard that somebody said, 'Well, your screenplay got bought and now someone like Carrie Fisher will come in and rewrite you.' And I feel terrible, you know, because that’s not what I mean to do. My idea was never to raid something and trash it, you know. ‘Cause that – that’s more work for me!“

—  Carrie Fisher American actress, screenwriter and novelist 1956 - 2016

From the filmmaking documentary Dreams on Spec

„The studio people want me to do "Good-bye Charlie" for the movies, but I'm not going to do it. I don't like the idea of playing a man in a woman's body — you know? It just doesn't seem feminine.“

—  Marilyn Monroe American actress, model, and singer 1926 - 1962

On turning down a role, eventually played by Debbie Reynolds, as quoted in Ms. magazine (August 1972) p. 41

„My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end. Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think I am following your will does not mean that I am actually doing so. But I believe that the desire to please you does in fact please you. And I hope I have that desire in all that I am doing. I hope that I will never do anything apart from that desire. And I know that if I do this you will lead me by the right road, though I may know nothing about it. Therefore I will trust you always though I may seem to be lost and in the shadow of death. I will not fear, for you are ever with me, and you will never leave me to face my perils alone.“

—  Thomas Merton Priest and author 1915 - 1968

Thoughts in Solitude (1956)

„Another thing. This idea of "I'm offended". Well I've got news for you. I'm offended by a lot of things too. Where do I send my list? Life is offensive. You know what I mean? Just get in touch with your outer adult. And grow up. And move on. Reasonable people don't write letters because… A: They have lives and B, they understand it's just TV. C: If they see something they don't like, something they do like might be on later. I've seen many comics I've hated. I've seen many shows that have offended me. I've never written a letter. I just go about my life.“

—  Bill Hicks American comedian 1961 - 1994

Interview with Howard Stern

„Now you think about this, too: you’re not charming, dashing, or debonair. You’re funny looking, as a matter of fact. You’re too busy to spare much time for me, and even if you did take me out night-clubbing somewhere, you’d be so out of place that I couldn’t enjoy it. But you do one thing: you let me feel that my rules are as worthwhile to me as yours are to you. When you ask me to do something, I know you won’t be hurt if I refuse. And if I do it, you don’t feel that you’ve scored a point in some kind of complex game. You don’t try to use me, cozen me, or change me. I take up as much room in the world, the way you see it, as you do. Do you have any idea of how rare a thing that is?“

—  Algis Budrys, book Rogue Moon

Source: Rogue Moon (1960), Chapter 6 (pp. 127-128)

„Oh, I've wept. Yeah, I've definitely wept just with the world, you know, how judgmental they are. You know what, I know I'm a good mom.“

—  Britney Spears American singer, dancer and actress 1981

Matt Lauer interview http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13347509/page/4/, MSNBC (14 June 2006)

„If you really want to know who I am, you have to be as absolutely empty as I am. Then two mirrors will be facing each other, and only emptiness will be mirrored. Infinite emptiness will be mirrored: two mirrors facing each other. But if you have some idea, then you will see your own idea in me.“

—  Rajneesh Godman and leader of the Rajneesh movement 1931 - 1990

Come Follow To You, Vol. 2, Chapter 4; in Autobiography of a Spiritually Incorrect Mystic (2000), Part 2.