"A philosopher is a fool who torments himself while he is alive, to be talked of after he is dead."

“People need their history like they need air and food.”

Source : Interview with Amitabh Pal, www.sharedhost.progressive.org. September 26, 2005.

“Capitalism is the exploitation of man by man. Well socialism is exactly the reverse.”

Source : Len Deighton (1964). “Funeral in Berlin”, HarperCollins UK

“To me, very much of what is artistic is people's very creative and inventive ways out of impossible situations.”

“Enthusiasm signifies God in us.”

“Imagine a legal immigration system that welcomes and celebrates those who come to achieve the American dream.”

“I was really blown away and inspired by everything that she [Audrey Hepburn] had done for children via and through UNICEF and I guess it really, really floored me in a way that I hadn't ever felt toward a public figure before. To see her kindness was inspiring and spoke to me as a person. She was so real and so elegant..I am also inspired by what Angelina Jolie is doing by traveling to places like Cambodia to help children by actually being there and being more involved.”

“I hold in my hands the very soul of a man. What more dare a woman ask of the high gods?”

Source : William John Locke (1906). “The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne: A Novel”

“We never get to see that our kid is capable of solving problems on her own. We never start to build up the faith that they can actually do it.”