“Now what has been said about the Jews is also to be understood about Cahorsins, and anyone else depending upon the depravity of usury.”

“It has been said that in controversy everything depends upon whether truth be put in the first or in the second place. And so in constitutional law much depends upon whether "liberty" be given precedence.”

George Howard Earle, Jr. (1856–1928) American lawyer

“Would you that spangle of Existence spend
About the Secret — Quick about it, Friend!
A Hair perhaps divides the False and True —
And upon what, prithee, may life depend?”

Omar Khayyám (1048–1131) Persian poet, philosopher, mathematician, and astronomer

“Hardly anyone about whom I deeply care at all resembles anyone else I have ever met, or heard of, or read about in literature.”

Renata Adler (1938) American author, journalist and film critic

“Don't mind anything anyone tells you about anyone else. Judge everyone and everything for yourself.”

Henry James book The Portrait of a Lady

“Do Something Nice for Someone Else — and Don't Tell Anyone About It”

Richard Carlson (1961–2006) Author, psychotherapist and motivational speaker

“My lips told a lie
For a trivial reason
It wasn't for anyone else
But only to protect myself
And I didn't think about anyone else”

Ayumi Hamasaki (1978) Japanese recording artist, lyricist, model, and actress

“Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn about anyone else”

L.J. Smith (1965) American author

“What would Deftmenes be if we went around obeying orders all the time?'
'They might be ruling the Carpet,' said Pismire.
'Ha!' said Brocando, 'but the trouble about obeying orders is, it becomes a habit. And then everything depends on who's giving the orders.”

Terry Pratchett book The Carpet People

“American history is longer, larger, more various, more beautiful, and more terrible than anything anyone has ever said about it.”

James Baldwin (1924–1987) (1924-1987) writer from the United States