"Nature's message was always there and for us to see. It was written on the wings of butterflies."

“Intellectuals ... advertise their superiority to political practice but are absolutely in its thrall. ... It is no accident that Marxist theory and practice use the intellectuals as tools and keep them in brutal subservience.”

“Dreaming is the poetry of Life, and we must be forgiven if we indulge in it a little.”

“People should have literary and cultural taste and should not bomb hotels.”

“I'm not the kind of coach who just goes out and buys players for the sake of it. I'm a coach who wants to - and can - improve players.”

Source : "Louis van Gaal in his own words: The best quotes from the new Manchester United boss" by Ben Burrows, www.mirror.co.uk. May 19, 2014.

“The past was but the cemetery of our illusions: one simply stubbed one's toes on the gravestones.”

“There are many structural changes, both in organizational practice and social policy, that must also change to enable men and women to have the freedom and support to pursue the lives they want to lead. Fortunately, many more people are today engaged in these efforts than when started working on this issue decades ago.”

“They used to be buddies, I thought, they used to be friends, and now they hate each other because one has to work for a living and the other comes from the West Side. They shouldn't hate each other...”

“I always bounce my legs when I'm sitting.”