"Behind every great man is not a woman, she is beside him, she is with him, not behind him"

“The basic skills of math, English and writing are not enough, ... You must develop a basic system of values to form and guide the use of these skills. The true test will not be what you learned in college, but how you used what you learned.”

“I have met the people who run the world, and I am not in awe of them.”

“I liked a lot of the scenes I did with Ryan Phillippe.”

“That's the worst of a war--you have to go on hearing about it so long.”

“That is no use at all. What I want is men who will support me when I am in the wrong.”

Source : Replying to a politician who said 'I will support you as long as you are in the right', in Lord David Cecil 'Lord M' (1954) ch. 4

“the best way to sharpen a knife is not to whet one side of it only. And neither can you solve a riddle by considering only one end of it.”

Source : Ama Ata Aidoo (1987). “The dilemma of a ghost ; Anowa: two plays”, Prentice Hall

“I don't think restaurants should refuse to serve minority people. They are quite tasty when prepared correctly.”

“Suffering usually relates to wanting things to be different from the way they are.”

Source : Allan Lokos (2010). “Pocket Peace: Effective Practices for Enlightened Living”, p.48, Penguin