There is an audience out there for literate films - slower, more observant, more human films, and they deserve to be made.

- Alexander Payne

I know that I do deserve good things.

- Amanda Beard

I'm thrilled to be taking over Green Arrow. What I adore about the Arrow is his recklessness. He'll shoot off on an impulse, dispatch someone if they deserve it; his heroism is instinctive.

- Ann Nocenti

The columnists have a very personal relationship with their readers, and the readers deserve to hear directly from the columnists.

- Andrew Rosenthal

Cheerleaders deserve a lot of respect for what they do.

- Ashley Tisdale

I'm terrible at posting regularly; I don't deserve the blog success!

- Ashley Madekwe

Statement earrings and statement necklaces each deserve their own moment. I never wear the two together; it looks overdone.

- Ashley Madekwe

Ninety-eight per cent of laughter is nothing to do with jokes, which do not deserve to bear the weight of all the funny stuff in the world.

- Arthur Smith

We really have to be willing to find out who we are instead of rebelling for the equal rights that we've been denied, that we do deserve.

- Andrew Cohen

We all need to know how to cook. I can buy a chicken and have many meals come from it. Is it affordable? Yes. Cheap? No. I want to pay the farmers the right price for food. They deserve it. They are the most important people in the country besides our teachers.

- Alice Waters

He who would be no slave must consent to have no slave. Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves and, under a just God, cannot long retain it.

- Abraham Lincoln

As a reporter, I embedded for modest stints with American soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq. When I'm asked about those experiences, I always say - and mean - that we civilians don't deserve the soldiers we have.

- Alex Berenson

One of the most terrible feelings in the world is knowing that someone else doesn't like you. Especially when you don't know what you've done to deserve it.

- Ariana Grande

If you don't practice you don't deserve to win.

- Andre Agassi

You deserve love and you'll get it.

- Amy Poehler

Artists have a responsibility to speak and to act when governments fail, and if we don't do that, we really deserve the world we get.

- Alice Walker

A computer would deserve to be called intelligent if it could deceive a human into believing that it was human.

- Alan Turing

I think that my peers deserve more than products to buy wrapped up in advertising. We need ideas to share and causes to believe in - opportunities to lead and teach.

- Adora Svitak

I do believe that I deserve what I have. I don't think I'm entitled to it. That's a big difference.

- Adam Levine

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves; and under the rule of a just God, cannot long retain it.

- Abraham Lincoln