"I want people to think about the connection between mothers and daughters. I like the idea of continuity of life and generations."

“We have had a long wait for democracy.”

Source : BBC Interview, news.bbc.co.uk. March 30, 2004.

“Seeking is a necessary preliminary to finding, and one who cannot endure the hardship of inquiry cannot expect to harvest the fruit of knowledge.”

Source : John of Salisbury (2009). “The Metalogicon: A Twelfth-century Defense of the Verbal and Logical Arts of the Trivium”, p.104, Paul Dry Books

“The thing about Depeche songs is that they’re so descriptive. For me, they tell some kind of story about a character who’s trying to redeem himself or to find something to believe in-some kind of faith or hope.”

Source : Interview with Chloë Sevigny, www.interviewmagazine.com. July 6, 2009.

“I would just love once to be called sexy. Just because it would make me something other than cute.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“Top management as a function and as a structure was first developed by Georg Siemens (1839-1901) in Germany between 1870 and 1880, when he designed and built the Deutsche Bank and made it, within a very few years, into continental Europe's leading and most dynamic financial institution.”

“The dead are the only people to have permanent dwellings.”

“Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.”

“When animals express their feelings they pour out like water from a spout. Animals' emotions are raw, unfiltered, and uncontrolled. Their joy is the purest and most contagious of joys and their grief the deepest and most devastating. Their passions bring us to our knees in delight and sorrow.”

Source : Marc Bekoff (2010). “The Emotional Lives of Animals: A Leading Scientist Explores Animal Joy, Sorrow, and Empathy — and Why They Matter”, p.19, New World Library