"Encouragement is the oxygen of the soul."

“Vertigo doesn't apply in planes for some reason. You think it's some kind of magic and you don't know how it's keeping you up, but when you're on a cliff top it's a different matter.”

Source : Source: thequietus.com

“The masterpiece should appear as the flower to the painter - perfect in its bud as in its bloom - with no reason to explain its presence - no mission to fulfill - a joy to the artist, a delusion to the philanthropist - a puzzle to the botanist - an accident of sentiment and alliteration to the literary man.”

“I think the culture is changing. An example of that is that the commanders truly want the very best person for the job regardless of gender.”

“The sun like a sneaky keyhole view of hell.”

“When Pat Robertson says there is no constitutional doctrine of separation of church and state, I say he is wrong.”

“We do not celebrate people who have made success out of serious hard work.”

“God changes his appearance every second. Blessed is the man who can recognize him in all his disguises.”

Source : Nikos Kazantzakis, Carl Wildman (1953). “Zorba the Greek”, p.208, Simon and Schuster

“I try to be active five to six times a week, and I keep very healthy, but I don't beat myself up on a bad day. If you're working fourteen hours on a set and you need to eat five protein bars, then you just do that. I keep it a regular and normal part of my life as [much as] I can.”