"As a kid, I had this ultimate goal to be a teacher. I wanted to be a history teacher like my dad."

“Greenhouse gas emissions: Ultimately, stabilisation - at whatever level - requires that annual emissions be brought down to more than 80% below current levels”

“Many people, myself among them, feel better at the mere sight of a book.”

Source : Jane Smiley (2008). “13 Ways of Looking at the Novel”, p.14, Anchor

“So, what we do in Love Dare for Parents is walk through the principles that help you win the hearts of your children and find that balance as a parent. As we all know, parenting can be wonderful and exasperating at times. So, we walk through the principles of demonstrating love to your kids in the most appropriate and healthy ways. We learned a great deal doing it and we believe the readers will too.”

Source : "'Courageous' filmmaker Alex Kendrick branches out with a new book, a new Erwin Brothers comedy and a new production company". Interview with John W. Kennedy, www.beliefnet.com. July 2013.

“A good browser, apps, good camera, and fast networking in your smartphone is just expected today.”

Source : "BlackBerry unveils new smartphones, drops RIM name". www.foxnews.com. January 30, 2013.

“We should have apologized back then and made sure we had a rule in place and gone forward. ... Steroids and all of that was a part of history. But it was a topic that everybody wanted to avoid. Nobody wanted to talk about it.”

“I want to keep pushing the limits to see what's possible. That's the nice thing about ski racing - no one is stopping you from going faster.”

Source : Interview with Branden Peters, www.askmen.com. December 5, 2013.

“Always ask for advice but never take it.”

Source : Ralph Vaughan Williams, Gustav Holst (1959). “Heirs and rebels: letters written to each other and occasional writings on music”

“Do not fear lest you should meditate too much upon Him and speak of Him in an unworthy way, providing you are led by faith. Do not fear lest you should entertain false opinions of Him so long as they are in conformity with the notion of the infinitely perfect Being.”

Source : Nicolas Malebranche (2014). “Dialogues on Metaphysics”, p.200, Routledge