"There`s no joy to be had seeing any black man, any black man taking a perp walk, let alone some of whom meant so much to us for so long."

“I think the Caribbean countries face rising oceans and they face increase in the severity of hurricanes. This is something that is very, very scary to all of us. The island states in the world represent - I remember this number - one-half of 1 percent of the carbon emissions in the world. And they will - some of them will disappear.”

Source : "Earth Day 2009: Obama Energy Chief Lays Out Climate Doomsday Scenario". www.huffingtonpost.com. May 20, 2009.

“It is no part of a physician's business to use either persuasion or compulsion upon the patients.”

“There is no right answer except to play and experiment.”

“The problem with American cinema is that because you're making films with huge amounts of money you need to hit the lowest common denominator in order to make it back and so therefore you're not allowed to play with moral ambiguities or ask questions.”

Source : Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

“I do use an electric violin. Actually, my regular electric violin, which I sometimes use, is by Ned Steinburger.”

“Movement isn't progress.”

“It's not how long life is but the quality of our life that is important.”

“The Terrible Truth is that brutality is part of human nature, and all the laws in the world can't neuter it.”

Source : Greg Iles (2009). “The Devil's Punchbowl: A Novel”, p.586, Simon and Schuster