“I would rather have been the builder of the aqueduct than to have been the author of the greatest epic poem ever written.”— William Mulholland
“There is some sort of perverse pleasure in knowing that it's basically impossible to send a piece of mail without touching a process that I wrote.”— Eric Allman
“And the Devil he grinned, for his darling sin is pride that apes humility.”— Richard Harris Barham
“I am what I am. I'm a Scouser, I'm a mother, and I'm a grandmother. I'm proud of it.”— Cilla Black
“I have been in jail thirty-six times for my activities in the labor movement. I am proud of it.”— Ella Reeve Bloor
“I am a Southerner. I was born in the South, and I will die in the South. And I’m proud of it.”— Dixie Carter
“I'm very proud of my time in the Spice Girls, but I'm also very proud of my solo work.”— Melanie Chisholm
“I am a gay man. I am a Jew. I am a drag queen. I'm a writer. I'm an actor. I'm an activist. I am a whole person.”— Harvey Fierstein