"Real power is creating stuff."

“Letters of the condemned. Last words scratched on a cell’s wall. To write like that.”

“Everyone wants something real, something that was created to invoke a positive feeling.”

“That's what running does to lives. It's not just exercise. It's not just achievement. It's a daily discipline that has nothing to do with speed, weight, social status, sexual orientation, political affiliation, where you live, what car you drive, or whether anyone anywhere loves you. It's about the slow and painful process of being the best you can be.”

Source : Martin Dugard (2011). “To Be a Runner: How Racing Up Mountains, Running with the Bulls, or Just Taking On a 5-K Makes You a Better Person (and the World a Better Place)”, p.230, Rodale

“O God, split the heavens and come down! Manifest yourself somehow. Do what only you can do.”

“This is how God made me. You are how God made you. All God's chillun are made how God made 'em. You think God made a mistake, take it up with Him.”

“So many bands write about the same s - -. It gets real boring after a while. I want to keep it fresh and sign about things like the birth of my daughter, about seeing the world- things that aren't always said in metal.”

“I never saw a lawyer yet who would admit he was making money.”

Source : Mary Roberts Rinehart (2000). “When a Man Marries/The Window at the White Cat”, p.344, Essential Library

“If you believe you are right, then you should believe that you can make the case that you're right. This requires you to deal with serious objections properly.”

Source : "The dangers of a closed mind" by Julian Baggini, www.theguardian.com. December 02, 2009.