"There are some older workers - probably a lot - who simply don't have the skills or the wherewithal to do a certain kind of job. There, it's up to the worker to go out and bring themselves up to speed and do it in an aggressive way, do it as quickly as possible."

“I have seen the universe! It is made of poems!”

Source : Sjon (2012). “The Blue Fox”, p.46, Saqi

“Abortion is the taking of a life.”

“I was also known as Frodo because I was an early adopter of 'The Lord of the Rings.”

“The making of friends, who are real friends, is the best token we have of a man's success in life.”

“Kuwait is the origin which our roots extend in it's base. The fort that we seek for shelter and stick to after God Almighty. Kuwait is the entity that maintains our presence that's united in it's features and divisions.”

“I've got a very deep and abiding passion about education being far more than buildings and textbooks; it's what children bring into school with them.”

Source : "Johann Lamont: Facing up to Scotland's 'stark choice'". Interview With Peter Hetherington, www.theguardian.com. November 6, 2012.

“The big reason why we don't have space colonies and regular trips to the moon is that flying into outer space is just plain 'hard.' The business of safely transporting people off the Earth is a costly affair that requires a lot of technology.”

“A lot of people struggle in their younger years, and I think people can relate to that.”