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“Above all, think of life as a prototype. We can conduct experiments, make discoveries, and change our perspectives. We can look for opportunities to turn processes into projects that have tangible outcomes. We can learn how to take joy in the things we create whether they take the form of a fleeting experience or an heirloom that will last for generations.”
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“I did not grow up in poverty. But I did grow up with a poor boy's sense of longing, in my case not for what my family had never had, but for what we had had and lost.”
Source : Mohsin Hamid (2007). “The Reluctant Fundamentalist”, p.71, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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“When alchemists first learned how to distill spirits, they called it aqua vitae, the water of life, and far from considering it the work of the devil, they thought the discovery was divinely inspired.”
Source : "Good Spirits". Book by Gene Logsdon, 1999.
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“I'm in my 80s and not a keen television fan.”
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“You can only go so far in analyzing each and every one person's opinion because they are often quite different. You just have to trust your instincts and hope that if someone doesn't like your idea, you can prove them wrong in the final process. In the end, you can please some of the people some of the time, but that's about all you can do.”
Source : "Featured Filmmaker: Bryan Singer" By Stax, www.ign.com. December 9, 2002. 
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“Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them.”
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“You've got to be careful against classy fighters, especially counter-punchers because if you go for the finish too early, you can end up getting finished yourself.”
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“Success is more a matter of choice than of circumstance.”
Source : Rory Vaden (2012). “Take the Stairs: 7 Steps to Achieving True Success”, p.34, Penguin
