"I think there's an unnatural amount of social pressure on women, particularly mothers, to conform to certain standards of behavior, particularly in regard to our children."

“Columbus only discovered that he was in some new place. He didn't discover America.”

Source : Louise Erdrich, Michael Dorris, Allan Richard Chavkin, Nancy Feyl Chavkin (1994). “Conversations with Louise Erdrich and Michael Dorris”, p.141, Univ. Press of Mississippi

“Nothing of real worth can ever be bought. Love, friendship, honour, valour, respect. All these things have to be earned.”

Source : David Gemmell (2009). “Troy: Shield Of Thunder”, p.193, Random House

“If you have but one friend, make sure you choose her well.”

“When we talk about the foreign, the question becomes one of us versus them. But in the end, is one just the opposite side of the other?”

“It is bad enough to reinvent the wheel. What really hurts is when they reinvent the flat tire.”

“I have this feeling that as time goes on, we're not getting any more civilized, and we should be. We're still running around like the days of Genghis Khan. There are so many important, better things to do and we need to encourage people to reach into the brighter side of humanity and not encourage people to continue to glorify the darker side.”

“Life is that perfect fine line between ironies.”

Source : "The Imperfect Harmony of Serj Tankian". Interview with Chris Carle, www.ign.com. September 27, 2010.

“I don't want to see the zipper in the back of the monster suit. Like everybody else who goes to the movies, I want to believe the monster is real.”

Source : Biography/Person Quotes, www.imdb.com.