"The women who intrigued me [as models] had the most beautiful necks and the most responsive hand movements. At one point, I found El Greco, and that elongated look became my way of seeing."

“No one wants to get up at 4 and run when it's pitch-dark, but it has to be done. The only reason i do it so early is because i believe the other guy isn't doing it and that gives me a little edge”

“I was reminded as I was reviewing my life, that I have been in too many conflicts, too many wars, political battles, military battles, civil strifes in government. And always one lesson stands out and that is, those whom you fight most passionately often turn out to be your best friends.”

Source : Extemporaneous speech at the Sixth Centennial Celebration of Islam in the Philippines, June 10, 1980.

“We've come to the point where we're no longer able to protect our national values. Where will it all end?”

“In the restaurant business, you never want to have enemies, whereas it seems that many politicians judge their success by how high their enemies are and whether they can show that they can hold their ground and give a punch for every punch they take.”

“Don't take my advice. Or anyone's advice. Trust yourself. For good or for bad, happy or unhappy, it's your life, and what you do with it has always been entirely up to you.”

Source : "The Best of Me". Chapter 15, p. 223. Book by Nicholas Sparks, 2011.

“If you are engaging rationality, you are already engaging a place that makes you unavailable. Only when I recognize that inspiration has announced itself to my availability will I then say I need to use my mind to calculate exposure, my emotions to position myself and arrange a configuration of shapes that need to come into being, my body to put it all in place because we have been given a message and it has come through inspiration through being available.'”

“I never did go back to acting class. I was too busy working.”

“Both humans and dogs love to play well into adulthood, and individuals from both species occasionally display evidence of having a conscience.”

Source : Jon Winokur (1993). “Mondo Canine”, Plume