"Each finger on your shooting hand is accountable to each shot. Just like each thought you think has some accountability to someone or somewhere."

“We have one crystal clear reason apart from the blessed happiness of this way of life. It is this: prayer is the core of our day. Take prayer out, and the day would collapse, would be pithless, a straw blown in the wind. But how can you pray--really pray, I mean--with one against who you have a grudge or whom you have been discussing critically with another? Try it. You will find it cannot be done.”

“I am inspired by life, past experiences, what's to come, women around me, art, colors, paintings, and emotions.”

Source : "Interview: Entrepreneur & Designer Rachel Roy". Interview with Felicia C. Sullivan, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 16, 2009.

“The practice of putting women on pedestals began to die out when it was discovered that they could give better orders from there.”

“Equality is the measure of all things, and bad behavior is less bad if everyone indulges in it.”

“The true preacher does not seek for truth in the pulpit; he is there because he has found it.”

“And by the same token, I appreciate math, because I can't do math. If I have to read a map or figure out the tip on a restaurant bill, I might start to tear up a little bit.”

Source : Interview with Chris Neumer, www.stumpedmagazine.com.

“I have no regrets, none whatsoever.”

“What other people think of us usually has very little to do with who we are. It has a lot more to do with the other individuals' issues-their prejudices, their fears, and projections. So it is a waste of time to constantly try to impress or please others.”

Source : Beverly Engel (2011). “AARP The Nice Girl Syndrome: Stop Being Manipulated and Abused--and Start Standing Up for Yourself”, p.58, John Wiley & Sons