"To have grown wise and kind is real success."

“In mathematical quarters, the regular division of the plane has been considered theoretically. ... [Mathematicians] have opened the gate leading to an extensive domain, but they have not entered this domain themselves. By their very nature they are more interested in the way in which the gate is opened than in the garden lying behind it.”

“Fashion is custom in the guise of departure from custom”

Source : Edward Sapir, David Goodman Mandelbaum (1985). “Selected Writings of Edward Sapir in Language, Culture and Personality”, p.374, Univ of California Press

“Though I'm not religious, I am interested in religion. I read a lot of history and I think it came out of that. I just think I couldn't understand certain eras of history without knowing what these people believed in.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

“I'd like to quit the supernatural roles and play just an interesting, down-to-earth person.”

“When God is going to do something wonderful, He or She always starts with a hardship; when God is going to do something amazing, He or She starts with an impossibility.”

“As a single mum I have to work, so I'm grateful to have the help of a wonderful and trusted nanny like I had when I was young.”

Source : "Minnie Driver: My family values". Interview with Jo Mears, www.theguardian.com. September 24, 2010.

“A poetic list is a talent in itself. You can write a list of things, and it can be boring.”

Source : "A Conversation with Pattiann Rogers". Interview with Carolyn Perry, Wayne Zade, poems.com. 2009.

“For nothing is evil in the beginning.”