"Sometimes I just stand on the beach and look at the water, and Cuba feels so close it's unbelievable."

“When a baby is in the room with two women, and one is considered more beautiful than the other, the infant's eyes will go to the more beautiful one.”

“I truly believe that writing is a continuum--so the different genres and forms are simply stops along the same continuum. Different ideas that need to be expressed sometimes require different forms for the ideas to float better.”

“God and God alone deserves all the credit for the good that takes place in our lives.”

“As a teacher, my strategy is to encourage questioning. I'm the least authoritarian professor you'll ever meet.”

Source : "Niall Ferguson: 'The left love being provoked by me ... they think I'm a reactionary imperialist scumbag" By Decca Aitkenhead, www.theguardian.com. April 11, 2011.

“It is sad to see how the most of men neglect their precious souls, turning their backs upon the glorious gospel, and little minding a crucified Jesus, when, in the meanwhile, their bodies are well provided for, their estates much regarded, and the things of this present life are highly prized, as if the darling was of less value than a clod of earth; an immortal soul, than a perishing body; a precious Saviour, than unsatisfying creatures.”

“Unaffected modesty is the sweetest charm of female excellence, the richest gem in the diadem of her honor.”

“You'd think I'd be more comfortable with the action, but actually I'm more comfortable with the drama. I mean you get more instant feedback on what you are seeing and you know if it's working or it's not working.”

Source : Source: screenrant.com

“Music has charms to sooth a savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.”

Source : 1697 Almeria to Leonora. The Mourning Bride, act 1, sc.1.