"He was fond of books, for they are cool and sure friends"

-- Victor Hugo

“If the history of science shows us anything, it is that we get nowhere by labeling our ignorance â€œGodâ€.”
“I always drew dresses. I remember loving Richard Avedon's early Versace campaigns. I used to plaster my whole walls with them when I was a kid.”
“It is good to be often reminded of the inconsistency of human nature, and to learn to look without wonder or disgust on the weaknesses which are found in the strongest minds.”

Source : "Warren Hastings". Book by Thomas B. Macaulay, 1851.
“My kids are now the most popular kids in their school.”
“Finally, it was about how people treat one another. It was about human dignity. We forced the employers to treat us as equals, to sit down and talk to us about the work we do, how we do it, and what we get paid for it. And I believe that the principles for which we fought in 1934 are still true and still useful. Whether your job is pushing a four-wheeler, or programming a computer, I don't know of any way for working people to win basic economic justice and dignity except by being organized into a solid, democratic union.”
“Nobody ever heard Jack Nicklaus say "I don't know" about anything.”
“... the top 10 percent of incomes pay 70 percent of the income taxes and cast about 25 percent of the vote.”
“I'll no longer say that I have supernatural powers. I am an entertainer. I want to do a good show. My entire character has changed.”

Source : Interview in Magische Welt, November 2007.

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