Quotations

"Every bad situation is a blues song waiting to happen."

— Amy Winehouse, English singer, born September 14, 1983

"When you make loving others the story of your life, there’s never a final chapter, because the legacy continues. You lend your light to one person, and he or she shines it on another and another and another."

— Oprah Winfrey, American talk show host, born January 29, 1954

"Assumptions are the termites of relationships."

— Henry Winkler, American actor, born October 30, 1945

"Ten out of ten people die, so don't take life too seriously."

— Henry Winkler, American actor, born October 30, 1945

"The theater of my mind has a seating capacity of just one, and its sold out for all performances."

— Henry Winkler, American actor, born October 30, 1945

"Ultimately, you just have one life. You never know unless you try. And you never get anywhere unless you ask."

— Kate Winslet, English actress, born October 5, 1975

"I wouldn't dream of working on something that didn't make my gut rumble and my heart want to explode."

— Kate Winslet, English actress, born October 5, 1975

"I couldn't wait for success, so I went ahead without it."

— Jonathan Winters, American comedian, born 1925

"I have a photographic memory; I just haven't developed it yet."

— Jonathan Winters, American comedian, born 1925

"I am the modern, intelligent, independent-type woman. In other words, a girl who cannot get a man."

— Shelley Winters, American actress, died January 14, 2006

"Good, bad, or indifferent - it doesn't matter, just work."

— Shelley Winters, American actress, died January 14, 2006

"I think on-stage nudity is disgusting, shameful and damaging to all things American. But if I were 22 with a great body, it would be artistic, tasteful, patriotic and a progressive religious experience."

— Shelley Winters, American actress, born August 18, 1920

"There is a difference between passive goodness and active goodness, which is, in my opinion, the giving of one’s time and energy in the alleviation of pain and suffering. It entails going out, finding and helping those in suffering and danger, and not merely in leading an exemplary life, in a purely passive way of doing no wrong."

— Nicholas Winton, English banker and humanitarian, born May 19, 1909

"I feel that it is healthier to look out at the world through a window than through a mirror. Otherwise, all you see is yourself and whatever is behind you."

— Bill Withers, American singer, born July 4, 1938