"Gypsy [Rose Lee] wasn't a linear person, and she didn't live life in a linear fashion. She was relentlessly self-inventing, and moved backward as often as she moved forward."

“I don't spend a lot of time working if I can help it.”

Source : "A room of my own: Billy Childish" by Alex Clark, www.theguardian.com. January 7, 2012.

“Faith is acting in the face of contrary evidence. The senses declare, "It cannot be," but Faith shouts above the turmoil, "It is!"”

Source : E.W. Kenyon, Don Gossett (2016). “His Word Is Now”, p.16, Whitaker House

“The ideal doctor would be a man endowed with profound knowledge of life and of the soul, intuitively divining any suffering or disorder of whatever kind, and restoring peace by his mere presence.”

“Awareness is a way you keep yourself company. When you are aware you are being compulsive, you are no longer locked in the behavior. You have a choice to stop. That choice--and therefore awareness itself--is freedom.”

“We prefer to find mates who are roughly as attractive as we are, which means they are more likely to stay and not look for a better offer.”

“One's fantasy goes for a walk and returns with a bride.”

“A good deed done to an animal is as meritorious as a good deed done to a human being, while an act of cruelty to an animal is a bad as an act of cruelty to a human being.”

“We are Americans first, Americans last, and Americans always.”

Source : John McCain's Address at the Republican National Convention in New York City, New York, edition.cnn.com. August 31, 2004.