"In a world filled with violence, hatred, and suspicion, giving is an expression of faith, trust, and concern."

“I could easily blast so much keef night and day I become a bouhali; a real-gone crazy, a holy untouchable madman unto whom everything is permitted, nothing is true.”

Source : Brion Gysin (2005). “The Process”, p.77, The Overlook Press

“The primary cause of disorder in ourselves is the seeking of reality promised by another.”

“I can't deliver lines, but I can talk about food all night long.”

Source : "Tom Colicchio on Keeping 'Top Chef' Fresh, His 'Treme' Arc and Why He Was Cut From the 'Sex and the City' Pilot (Q&A)". Interview with Seth Abramovich, www.hollywoodreporter.com. November 06, 2012.

“To think big is to love the universe, to embrace our passion. To love is to fight for what we love. What a waste not to, when we have only this one life to live.”

Source : Michael Port, Mina Samuels (2009). “The Think Big Manifesto: Think You Can't Change Your Life (and the World) Think Again”, p.83, John Wiley & Sons

“The only way you can make a deal is if you're ready to blow it.”

“On the contrary, woman is the best equipped fighting machine that ever went to battle.”

Source : Richard Le Gallienne (1915). “Vanishing Roads, and Other Essays”

“[Our family] love our father's image because the only thing we received from him was love and affection. We recognize that our father made incredible damage outside of the home but we ask for reciprocity because the only thing he ever gave us within the household was love.”

Source : Source: harvardpolitics.com

“If you woke up each morning, and immediately dwelt on your ills, what sort of a day could you look forward to?”