"I'm not a Republican, and I'm not a Democrat."

“You can never have an impact on society if you have not changed yourself.”

“No matter how far society “progresses,” our thirst for community and connection will never diminish. Bars satisfy this need.”

“Doth the Reality of sensible things consist in being perceived? or, is it something distinct from their being perceived, and that bears no relation to the mind?”

“That's what I love about Michael Douglas' performance in Wonder Boys, because I feel like he surprises audiences that know him from very different roles in his other work.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com

“Sustainable development is the pathway to the future we want for all. It offers a framework to generate economic growth, achieve social justice, exercise environmental stewardship and strengthen governance.”

“DNA is the messenger which illuminates that connection,handed down from generation to generation,carried,literally,in the bodies of my ancestors.”

Source : Bryan Sykes (2010). “The Seven Daughters of Eve: The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Ancestry”, p.288, W. W. Norton & Company

“Text first, rhythm second, melody third.”

“Writing essays and teaching composition have helped me immensely in writing poetry, because they've forced me to focus on the structure of ideas.”

Source : "Cartographer of Word Galaxies". Interview with Susan Lerner, logger.believermag.com. September 24, 2013.