"There's simply no way you can tell a woman you work with that you disapprove of her relationship with her adult child, no matter how much you think it would be better for him to move out."

“It is much easier to show compassion to animals. They are never wicked.”

“I think it's really healing to see movies that are based on true stories. It builds so much more compassion and empathy.”

Source : "Vanessa Hudgens Talks GIMME SHELTER, Stepping Outside of Her Comfort Zone, Preparing for the Role, THE KITCHEN SINK, and More". Interview with Sheila Roberts, collider.com. January 21, 2014.

“We cannot continue doing the same thing and expect different results”

“My idea of a romantic night is to watch action films.”

“I liked the more sophisticated urban style of blues like Ray Charles and B. B. King, Bobby Blue Bland, Lou Rawls; people like that with more of a tendency toward jazz.”

“A map of the moon... should be in every geological lecture room; for no where can we have a more complete or more magnificent illustration of volcanic operations. Our sublimest volcanoes would rank among the smaller lunar eminences; and our Etnas are but spitting furnaces.”

Source : "On the Volcanoes of the Moon", American Journal of Science, p. 347, 1846.

“I never think that sticking slavishly to one period is successful, a touch of nostalgia adds charm. One needs light and shade because if every piece is perfect the room becomes a museum and lifeless.”

“My influences are jazz, blues, European classical music; they are rock music and pop music. So many kinds of music. World music from different countries like India and China. I think that would be a shame not to take advantage and do something... not unique, because I don't have this pretension.”