"I love being an author. I love actual writing, and I love communicating with children. And it keeps me young."

“I never liked the Hierarchy of the Church-an equality in the teacher of Religion, and a dependence on the people, are republican sentiments-but if the Clergy combine, they will have their influence on Government”

Source : Rufus King (1971). “The Life and Correspondence of Rufus King: 1755-1794”

“My Mom is a ballet director, so I had this idea in me that classical training is the best foundation for anything you do, so I wanted to get a classical background and voice.”

“It never gets easier; you just go faster.”

Source : Greg LeMond, Mark Hom (2014). “The Science of Fitness: Power, Performance, and Endurance”, p.122, Academic Press

“When I started, department stores were either very fashion, or very tailored, so the two never mixed. I mixed it, and they said you're too tailored for fashion and too fashion for tailoring. So I had to move the market. So that's what I did.”

Source : "Ozwald Boateng: does my head look big in this?". Interview with Decca Aitkenhead, www.theguardian.com. March 09, 2012.

“Many people learn how to talk, but they don't learn how to listen. Listening to one another is an important thing in life. And music tells us how to do that.”

“You learn to judge your friends for who they are.”

Source : "G-Unit was better broke, tony Yayo Reveals" by Rob Markman, www.mtv.com. January 29, 2013.

“One of the greatest joys in life is watching a child laugh”

“There's a fierce practicality and empiricism which the whole imaginative, lyrical aspect of poetry comes from.”