"The media wants a nice guy, so I can give that to them. I figured I could be myself in this interview since no one's gonna read this JV newspaper."

“When you have somebody that's smart and you're not so smart, to me that's modern day slavery because you're being dictated to.”

“How do you regret one of the best nights of your entire life? You don't. You remember every word, every look. Even when it hurts, you still remember.”

“I figure I'm still good for painting until 95 or thereabouts.”

“I hope for your help to explore and protect the wild ocean in ways that will restore the health and, in so doing, secure hope for humankind. Health to the ocean means health for us.”

Source : Sylvia A. Earle (2009). “The World Is Blue”, p.257, National Geographic Books

“No one is born with greed, prejudice, bigotry, patriotism and hatred; these are all learned behavior patterns.”

“I gave away two dogs years ago because I felt guilty at not being able to give them the time and attention they deserved. I now regularly feed an army of squirrels and wild birds around our house.”

“Big Business can make laws as easily as it can break them - and with as little impunity.”

Source : Ralph Chaplin, Ben Hur Lampman, Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. Dept. of Research and Education (1971). “The Centralia case: three views of the Armistice Day tragedy at Centralia, Washington, Novemeber 11, 1919: The Centralia conspiracy”, Da Capo Pr

“I was a kid from Oklahoma who never wanted to be a singer, but was told I could sing. And things snowballed.”

Source : " Patti Page, singer of Tennessee Waltz, dies at 85", www.theguardian.com. January 2, 2013.