"If we are not free, no one will respect us."

--

Abdul Kalam

“One thing House needs Wilson for is vanity. He needs someone to laugh at his jokes.”
“Iâ€™d mentioned this odd wardrobe choice to Adrian a couple of weeks ago: â€œIsnâ€™t Dimitri hot?â€ Adrianâ€™s response hadnâ€™t been entirely unexpected: â€œWell, yeah, according to most women, at least.”
“More importantly, if you are in a position to hire, hire a veteran. They will be the best employees you have.”

Source : "Eric Shinseki, VA Chief, Charts Solid Gains For Veterans". Interview with David Wood, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 11, 2012.
“Cause if you shoot a bullet someone dies. If you drop a bomb many die. You hit a woman, love dies. But if you say the F-word... nothing actually happens.”
“Trees for example, carry the memory of rainfal. In their rings we read ancient weather - storms, sunlight and temperatures, the growing seasons of centuries. A forest shares a history which each tree remembers even after it has been felled.”

Source : Anne Michaels (2009). “Fugitive Pieces”, p.123, A&C Black
“Like Rodgers and Hammerstein, I'm not afraid to deal with themes about the ups and downs of life, yet which are still entertaining, and you still feel these stories.”
“I’ve had a great life, and it all happened because I didn’t plan any of it.”
“A vile beastly rottenheaded foolbegotten brazenthroated pernicous piggish screaming, tearing, roaring, perplexing, splitmecrackle crashmecriggle insane ***** of a woman is practising howling below-stairs with a brute of a singingmaster so horribly, that my head is nearly off.”

Source : Edward Lear (1992). “A Book of Learned Nonsense”, Sutton Pub Limited

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