"The history of the Church has been a history of divisiveness, repression and reaction. For almost 2000 years, Christianity has held mankind back in politics, in economics, in industry, in science, in philosophy, in culture."

“I'm not complaining about doing 20-hour days. It's a joy to be able to work on yet another film.”

“As a writer, my weapon is my pen. I want to create more awareness about the people in Syria. This is the most important issue: protecting civilians in this crazy war.”

“We have in my country (Russia) a quotation: "It is impossible to make out of apology a fur coat.”

“All of us knew that climbing was a sure way to stay poor, a lousy way to impress people and definitely no way to meet girls.”

“To play is to listen to the imperative inner force that wants to take form and be acted out without reason. It is the joyful, spontaneous expression of one's self. The inner force materializes the feeling and perception without planning or effort. That is what play is.”

Source : Michele Cassou, Stewart Cubley (1996). “Life, Paint and Passion: Reclaiming the Magic of Spontaneous”, p.52, Penguin

“News is like food: it is the cooking and serving that makes it acceptable, not the material itself.”

Source : Rose Macaulay (1926). “A Casual Commentary”

“There's nothing the people love more than a Federal Reserve joke.”

Source : "Will Ferrell, Adam McKay Celebrate 'The Other Guys'". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. August 5, 2010.

“Tainting the tea party movement with the charge of racism is proving to be an effective strategy for Democrats. There is no evidence that tea party adherents are any more racist than other Republicans, and indeed many other Americans. But getting them to spend their time purging their ranks and having candidates distance themselves should help Democrats win in November. Having one's opponent rebut charges of racism is far better than discussing joblessness.”

Source : "Andrew Breitbart on 'Hannity': 'This Is Not About Shirley Sherrod'". "Hannity" with Sean Hannity, www.foxnews.com. July 20, 2010.