"I know that I have a special stomach."

“The religious persecution of the ages has been done under what was claimed to be the command of God.”

“Negative things you tell yourself are inCANTations, turn them into inCANtations.”

“Yes, I heard my people singing!-in the glow of parlor coal-stove and on summer porches sweet with lilac air, from choir loft and Sunday morning pews-and my soul was filled with their harmonies. Then, too, I heard these songs in the very sermons of my father, for in the Negro's speech there is much of the phrasing and rhythms of folk-song. The great, soaring gospels we love are merely sermons that are sung; and as we thrill to such gifted gospel singers as Mahalia Jackson, we hear the rhythmic eloquence of our preachers, so many of whom, like my father, are masters of poetic speech.”

“But as an amateur, the highest level you can box at is the Olympics. I did that at 18 and felt it was time to move on to other challenges as a professional.”

Source : "Top of the bill: Billy Joe Saunders insists he's ready to rock the Royal Albert Hall" by David Anderson, www.mirror.co.uk. April 25, 2012.

“The materialistic view of happiness of our age starkly revealed in our understanding of the word "luxury.”

“Man is not made for defeat.”

“I go on expeditions for the same reason an estate agent sells houses - to pay the bills.”

“We wish to find the truth, no matter where it lies. But to find the truth we need imagination and skepticism both. We will not be afraid to speculate, but we will be careful to distinguish speculation from fact.”