"He who dares not (reason), is a slave."

“I have a theory that burnout is about resentment. And you beat it by knowing what it is you're giving up that makes you resentful.”

Source : "Marissa Mayer: Six life lessons from Yahoo CEO" by Rose Hoare, www.cnn.com. July 19, 2012.

“I have heard, as everybody else has, of a spirit's haunting a house ; but I have had my own personal experience of a house's haunting a spirit.”

“Whether it means having a show, or a movie, or just being on a stage, I need an avenue to say what I have to say.”

“In those days, slavery was not looked upon, even in Quaker Philadelphia, with the shudder and abhorrence one feels towards it now.”

Source : John Sergeant Wise, Paul Dennis Sporer (2005). “End of an Era: The Last Days of Traditional Southern Culture as Seen Through the Eyes of a Young Confederate Soldier”, p.24, Anza Publishing

“In my mind I'ma fighter, my heart's a lighter, my soul is the fluid. My flow sparks it right up.”

“Lots of people with little kids or babies with Down syndrome tell me they aren't afraid of the future for their child because of what I am doing to help people understand it better.”

Source : "Actors with Down syndrome in more films, TV; 'Glee' star Lauren Potter says 'we're just like anybody else'" By Hollie McKay, www.foxnews.com. November 20, 2012.

“All thoughts, all passions, all delights Whatever stirs this mortal frame All are but ministers of Love And feed His sacred flame.”

“My mother always said that everyone should be required to write an autobiography of their lives.”