"Jazz is a music that really allows a person to express his deepest self, his most personal self - Africa being the primary source of jazz. Naturally, improvisation and swing are a part of jazz, improvisation being the key."

“Research is a passion with me; it drives me; it is my relentless master.”

Source : Margaret Morse Nice (1979). “Research is a Passion with Me”, p.41, Dundurn

“The world of counterterrorism is like that old jigsaw puzzle in the back of the closet: Its many missing pieces and extra parts jumbled in from other puzzles make it almost impossible to assemble. But in Ghost, Fred Burton manages to join together enough pieces to give us a discerning look at that world. This is a story, told in human terms, that will help make sense of the great puzzle of our times.”

“Carl Friedrich Gauss, often rated the greatest mathematician of all time, played the market. On a salary of 1,000 thalers a year, Euler left an estate of 170,587 thalers in cash and securities. Nothing is known of Gauss's investment methods.”

Source : William Poundstone (2010). “Fortune's Formula: The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street”, p.132, Macmillan

“I've been a musician for 52 years professionally. I do it because, for me, I love it.”

Source : Source: www.washingtontimes.com

“The true genius of a great manager is his or her ability to individualize. A great manager is one who understands how to trip each person's trigger.”

“I won't put myself in a position where I'm vulnerable.”

“Without an advocate for the poor, without a new state of mind in America, the country lies on the brink of anarchy.”

“The study of asana is not about mastering posture. It's about using posture to understand and transform yourself.”