Quotations

"I am appalled that the term we use to talk about aging is 'anti'. Aging is human evolution in its pure form. Death, taxes and aging .... We are ALL going to age and soften and mellow and transition."

— Jamie Lee Curtis, American actress, born 1958

"Fifty is a big corner to turn. It used to mean being put out to pasture, but it's the opposite with me. I feel more vibrant; I'm more active than I've ever been. The F-word really is freedom. It's the freedom to have dropped the rock-the rock of addiction, of family, of comparisons with other people. It's being fit and focused and kind of furious."

— Jamie Lee Curtis, American actress, born 1958

"I've made 122 movies, and I daresay there's a picture of mine showing somewhere in the world every day."

— Tony Curtis, American actor, born 1925

"They gave me away as a prize once - a Win Tony Curtis For A Weekend competition. The woman who won was disappointed. She'd hoped for second prize - a new stove."

— Tony Curtis, American actor, born 1925

"Sex is currency. What's the use of being beautiful if you can't profit from it?"

— Lili St. Cyr, American burlesque stripteaser, born 1918

"My mom is always telling me it takes a long time to get to the top, but a short time to get to the bottom."

— Miley Cyrus, American singer, born 1992

"I like being the girl nobody can have."

— Miley Cyrus, American singer, born 1992

"The discovery I announce to the public is one of the small number which, by their principles, their results, and the beneficial influence which they exert upon the arts, are counted among the most useful and extraordinary inventions."

— Louis Daguerre, French photographer, born 1787

"I have seized the light. I have arrested its flight."

— Louis Daguerre, French photographer, born 1787

"Those who don't believe in magic, will never find it."

— Roald Dahl, English author, born 1916

"I began to realize how important it was to be an enthusiast in life. It taught me that if you are interested in something, no matter what it is, go at it at full speed ahead. Embrace it with both arms, hug it, love it, and above all become passionate about it. Lukewarm is no good. Hot is no good either. White hot and passionate is the only thing to be."

— Roald Dahl, English author, born 1916

"You should never, never doubt something that no one is sure of."

— Roald Dahl, English author, born 1916

"A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly. You can have a wonky nose and a crooked mouth and a double chin and stick-out teeth, but if you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely."

— Roald Dahl, English author, born 1916

"There are some days when I think I'm going to die from an overdose of satisfaction."

— Salvador Dali, Spanish surrealist painter, born 1904