"I ain't getting on no time machine,"

“To describe Russian politics as "managed democracy" - and that's sometimes hard for outsiders to understand, because a lot of the forms of democracy exist in Russia, so there are elections; there is a press; there is a campaign, and so on. But the outcome of the campaign is never in doubt. So the campaign is manipulated. There is a real opposition in Russia. There are one or two real opposition figures who do want to change the political system, but they will probably not be allowed to run, and one way or another they will be prevented from being on the ballot.”

Source : Source: www.politico.com

“Some drink deeply from the river of knowledge. Others only gargle.”

“If I have a choice between putting my kids to bed and going to a party, I'll put my kids to bed. If I have a choice of going to a restaurant or having friends round, I'll have friends round. Every time.”

“But myth is something else than an explanation of the world, of history, and of destiny. Myth expresses in terms of the world - that is, of the other world or the second world - the understanding that man has of himself in relation to the foundation and the limit of his existence. Hence to demythologize is to interpret myth, that is, to relate the objective representations of the myth to the self-understanding which is both shown and concealed in it.”

“For the longest time, I wanted to become a pianist. That was kinda my thing.”

“If you said left, then I'd be on the left. If you said right, I'd be on the right. The important thing is not which side, but it's the trust. Your heart and mine will never change. That kind of trust!”

“The dance is a poem of which each movement is a word.”

“Chick Hearn taught me how to play basketball, how to think about basketball. He taught me how to love basketball.”

Source : Roland Lazenby (2010). “Jerry West: The Life and Legend of a Basketball Icon”, p.283, ESPN