"The meanest, most contemptible kind of praise is that which first speaks well of a man, and then qualifies it with a But."

“To grieve is something extremely difficult, we don't even know how to begin to grieve, and I don't know how you can be taught to grieve.”

Source : Interview with Christopher Cook, www.theguardian.com. March 16, 2001.

“The truth hurts like a thorn at first; but in the end it blossoms like a rose....”

“But even though all this was going on at home, if someone had tried to take me away and put me in a children's home, I couldn't have handled it. Even though my mother was very brutal, it was my home.”

“Yes, I was deprived of sleep, especially during the first few days, ... However, there was nothing physical, no touching or anything like that.”

Source : "CNN Late Edition" with Wolf Blitzer, www.cnn.com. April 15, 2001.

“Pay any price to stay in the presence of extraordinary people.”

Source : Mike Murdock (2012). “The Making Of A Champion”, p.56, Wisdom International Inc

“Your power is in your thoughts, so stay awake. In other words, remember to remember.”

“You don't have to sort of enhance reality. There is nothing stranger than truth.”

“Parents do not own their children. They have no ‘natural right’ to control their education fully.”