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Milton Friedman: Reliable e-cash
“I think the internet is going to be one of the major forces for reducing the role of government. The one thing that’s missing but that will soon be developed, is a reliable e-cash.” – Professor Milton Friedman.
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Gail Tsukiyama: Understand and survive
“To read and write will help you understand life. . .to sew and mend will help you survive it.” ― Gail Tsukiyama, The Language of Threads.
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Beyonce Knowles: Powerful woman
“In my videos, I always want to be a powerful woman. That’s my mission.” —Beyonce Knowles.
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Chris Hemsworth: Inspiring and important
“People who put themselves on the line and sacrifice their own safety for the greater good and for others, and anyone in any profession whose concern is the welfare for other people instead of the individual, are inspiring and important.” —Chris Hemsworth.
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Brooke Fraser: Analyze all you want
“You can analyze all you want but you can never explain away the God factor. Sometimes God just decides to breathe on something and it’s completely His prerogative.” —Brooke Fraser.
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SZA: Singing
“Singing was more of a hobby, and I was terrified of anyone’s opinions. The only reason I kept doing it was because people responded positively, and if they hadn’t I don’t really know if I’d feel the same. I’m not into fighting for people’s affections.” —SZA.
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Edward Abbey: Critic of society
“It is my belief that the writer, the free-lance author, should be and must be a critic of the society in which he lives. It is easy enough, and always profitable, to rail away at national enemies beyond the sea, at foreign powers beyond our borders who question the prevailing order. But the moral duty…
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Anna Kendrick: Gentleman
“I think a gentleman is someone who holds the comfort of other people above their own. The instinct to do that is inside every good man, I believe. The rules about opening doors and buying dinner and all of that other ‘gentleman’ stuff is a chess game, especially these days.” —Anna Kendrick.
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Lady Gaga: To be famous
“What I’ve learned is that you really don’t need to be a celebrity or have money or have the paparazzi following you around to be famous.” —Lady Gaga.
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Maren Morris: Fine arts education
“Fine arts education in public schools is really abysmal. The same emphasis should be put on music, theater, dance – anything creative – that’s put on math and science.” —Maren Morris.
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Alessia Cara: Body image
“Body image is something that girls struggle with every day, and it’s something that I struggle with every day.” —Alessia Cara.
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Patti LuPone: It stinks
“A show is exhausting when it stinks. It’s exhausting when you have to work overtime to make something work.” —Patti LuPone.
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Elton John: Music has healing power
“Music has healing power. It has the ability to take people out of themselves for a few hours.” —Elton John.
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Camila Cabello: Boleros
“All of the songs my grandparents and parents listened to are called boleros – they’re all love songs. They’re about giving your heart to a person. It’s a culture that is so romantic and passionate, and that’s something that I’m very proud of. We grew up with nothing, so we just want to live a…
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Kesha: Society
“Society has taught us to suppress certain things and not do certain things.” —Kesha.
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Miley Cyrus: Short time to get to the bottom
“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.
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Rihanna: We are complex
“People think, because we’re young, we aren’t complex, but that’s not true. We deal with life and love and broken hearts in the same way a woman a few years older might.” —Rihanna.
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Elon Musk: When something is important enough
“When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.” —Elon Musk.
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Hillary Clinton: Reproductive health
“You cannot have maternal health without reproductive health. And reproductive health includes contraception and family planning and access to legal, safe abortion.” —Hillary Clinton.
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Joy Villa: Go big or go home
“Go big or go home. You can either stand for what you believe or fall for what you don’t. Above all, make a choice for tolerance and love.” —Joy Villa.
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Shaggy: Next scare
“You never know where your next scare is coming from. You’ve just gotta find the courage to face it.” —Shaggy.
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Pink: Consumerism
“Consumerism diverts us from thinking about women’s rights, it stops us from thinking about Iraq, it stops us from thinking about what’s going on in Africa – it stops us from thinking in general.” —Pink.
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Sting: Success
“Success always necessitates a degree of ruthlessness. Given the choice of friendship or success, I’d probably choose success.” —Sting.
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Bono: More malleable than you think
“The world is more malleable than you think and it’s waiting for you to hammer it into shape.” —Bono.
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Piers Morgan: Snobbish, pompous journalist
“There is a type of snobbish, pompous journalist who thinks that the only news that has any validity is war, famine, pestilence or politics. I don’t come from that school.” —Piers Morgan.
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Sofia Richie: Coconut oil
“I sleep in coconut oil. I just soak in it… in my hair, on my face, on my skin, all over – it’s kind of my thing.” —Sofia Richie.
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Elon Musk: Change
“Some people don’t like change, but you need to embrace change if the alternative is disaster.” —Elon Musk.
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Jamie Foxx: Tragic
“Guys don’t adapt as well as women do to getting their heart broken for the first time. It’s tragic.” —Jamie Foxx.
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Kendrick Lamar: Nothing really changes
“My moms always told me, ‘How long you gonna play the victim?’ I can say I’m mad and I hate everything, but nothing really changes until I change myself.” —Kendrick Lamar.
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Jay-Z: Politics
“Politics – I still think it’s a bunch of liars and a bunch of self-interest. It’s not about the people: it’s about themselves and their rise to power. They are voting on things based on whether they will have the support of the people when they vote next time. They don’t have the balls to…
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Germaine Greer: Housewife
“The house wife is an unpaid employee in her husband’s house in return for the security of being a permanent employee.” —Germaine Greer.
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Oprah Winfrey: High wire
“Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it.” —Oprah Winfrey.
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Swara Bhaskar: Feminism
—Swara Bhaskar.
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Swara Bhaskar: Feminism
—Swara Bhaskar.
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Swara Bhaskar: Feminism
—Swara Bhaskar.
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Swara Bhaskar: Feminism
—Swara Bhaskar.
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Swara Bhaskar: Feminism
—Swara Bhaskar.
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Swara Bhaskar: Feminism
—Swara Bhaskar.
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Swara Bhaskar: Feminism
—Swara Bhaskar.
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Ingvar Kamprad: More women in management
“We ought to have more women in various management positions, because women are the ones who decide almost everything in the home.” —Ingvar Kamprad.
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Swara Bhaskar: Feminism
—Swara Bhaskar.
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H Jackson Brown Junior: Good, honorable life
“Live a good, honorable life. then when you get older and think back , you’ll get to enjoy it a second time.” —H Jackson Brown Jr.
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Hillary Clinton: I’m keeping a chart
“In the Bible it says they asked Jesus how many times you should forgive, and he said 70 times 7. Well, I want you all to know that I’m keeping a chart.” —Hillary Clinton.
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Gwyneth Paltrow: Kick-ass red lipstick
“Beauty, to me, is about being comfortable in your own skin. That, or a kick-ass red lipstick.” —Gwyneth Paltrow.
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Tupac Shakur: When it rains, it pours
“You know it’s funny when it rains, it pours. They got money for wars, but can’t feed the poor.” —Tupac Shakur.
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Chris Stapleton: Polarization
“I’m a fan of polarization. If you make something that is palatable to everybody, it’s like making vanilla ice cream, and I think we have enough of that.” —Chris Stapleton.
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Toni Braxton: Dating
“Dating is different when you get older. You’re not as trusting, or as eager to get back out there and expose yourself to someone.” —Toni Braxton.
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Nicole Eggert: Three huge catering trucks
“For all the concern about bodies and weight, ‘Baywatch’ has three huge catering trucks on the set at all times. One for entrees, one appetizers and one for junk food.” —Nicole Eggert.
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Ben Graham: On arithmetic
“Buy not on optimism but on arithmetic.” – Ben Graham.
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Simon Pegg: Sense of humor
“I think at its best the American sense of humor is the same as the British sense of humor at its best, which is to be wry and ironic and self deprecating.” —Simon Pegg.
