"In the West, the basic economic and social unit is the individual; in Africa, it is the extended family or the collective."

“I'm intelligent enough to survive happily and be compassionate. If I were too smart, I would realize all the ills of the world.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“I'm a great fan of Woody Allen's movies.”

Source : "INTERVIEW: Soul Searching, or Searching for a Soul; Enigmatic Desplechin Returns with 'Esther Kahn'" by Andrea Meyer, www.indiewire.com. February 27, 2002.

“Yoga is something that once you start practicing it you learn a lot of breathing skills and I think that would really be incredibly useful on a day-to-day basis. It can help you with all the emotional stress.”

Source : Source: www.bbc.co.uk

“I always said God was against art and I still believe it.”

Source : Letter to A. J. Jaeger, October 9, 1900.

“Sometimes I say some things people may think are just outlandish, but I'm going to have the last laugh.”

Source : Interview with Carrie Battan, pitchfork.com. August 2, 2012.

“Children usually do not blame themselves for getting lost.”

Source : Anna Freud, Dorothy T. Burlingham (1967). “The Writings of Anna Freud: Indications for child analysis and other papers, 1945-1956”

“If you pick the right people and give them the opportunity to spread their wings and put compensation as a carrier behind it you almost don't have to manage them.”

“This is the most important aviation development since Lindbergh's flight. In one fell swoop, we have shrunken the earth.”