"Nearly half of the American population is eagerly anticipating the end of the world. This dewy-eyed nihilism provides absolutely no incentive to build a sustainable civilization. Many of these people are lunatics, but they are not the lunatic fringe."

“He wanted to talk to them, if he could, to discover whether they had truths about life which he had never heard before. Here is what he hoped new truths might do for him: enable him to laugh at his troubles, to go on living, and to keep out of the North Wing of the Midland County General Hospital, which was for lunatics.”

“I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.”

“When the heavens are with you, when the earth is with you, when the sea is with you, when the wind is with you. Who's going to defeat you after that? Nobody.”

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“When I look back at my past and the way I grew up, I grew up on communes. That was meant to be.”

Source : "Robert Carlyle on California Solo, American vs. British TV, and the appeal of fairy tales". Interview with Sam Adams, www.avclub.com. December 20, 2012.

“During the off-season, I go to the movies almost every day.”

“It is admitted by everybody that rights and privileges enjoyed by the Roman Catholic minority in Manitoba down to 1890, were taken away by legislation of 1890.”

“The challenge is not just to build a company that can endure; but to build one that is worthy of enduring.”

“I'm proud of what I write and feel endorsed by my readers.”