"Nationalism of one kind or another was the cause of most of the genocide of the twentieth century. Flags are bits of colored cloth that governments use first to shrink-wrap people's minds and then as ceremonial shrouds to bury the dead."

“We need to do more than win an election or win the House or win the presidency, my friends: we need to make this beloved country of ours God's country once again.”

“Ev'rythin's up to date in Kansas City.”

“One night I was sitting on the bed in my hotel room on Buker Hill, down in the middle of Los Angeles. It was an important night in my life, because I had to make a decision about the hotel. Either I paid up or I got out: that was what the note said, the note the landlady had put under my door. A great problem, deserving acute attention. I solved it by turning out the lights and going to bed.”

Source : John Fante (2014). “The Bandini Quartet: Wait Until Spring, Bandini: The Road to Los Angeles: Ask the Dust: Dreams from Bunker Hill”, p.411, Canongate Books

“I think it's a mistake to say that to be a healthy, well-adjusted person you need a monogamous relationship.”

Source : "Family Ties". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 13, 2016.

“Scientific medicine is one of the greatest triumphs of humankind.”

Source : Raymond Tallis (2015). “Hippocratic Oaths: Medicine and its Discontents”, p.7, Atlantic Books Ltd

“Divorce has become so easy nowadays that women have stopped crying at weddings.”

“Many believe effective networking is done face-to-face, building a rapport with someone by looking at them in the eye, leading to a solid connection and foundational trust.”

Source : "Five Mistakes to Avoid When Networking with Twitter" by Raymond J. Arroyo, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 31, 2012.

“Honour what is most beautiful about the past and build it into the promise of the future.”