"Being a mother has been my greatest teacher and also the most self-sacrificing thing I've ever done."

“Philosophy is the childhood of the intellect, and a culture that tries to skip it will never grow up.”

Source : Thomas Nagel (1989). “The View From Nowhere”, p.12, Oxford University Press

“The growth of financial capitalism made possible a centralization of world economic control and use of this power for the direct benefit of financiers and the indirect injury of all other economic groups.”

Source : Carroll Quigley (1966). “Tragedy and Hope: A History of the World in Our Time”, New York : Macmillan [c1966]

“Onion rings in the car cushions do not improve with time.”

“When one looks back over human existence however, it is very evident that all culture has developed through an initial resistance against adaptation to the reality in which man finds himself.”

“Research by Donald A. Redelmeier and Sheldon M. Singh has found that, on average, Oscar winners live nearly four years longer than nominees that don't win.”

“There's nothing wrong with being fired.”

“Well my own impression of my musical pieces is that no matter how long I've been at it, there's not much improvement. So that's kind of regrettable.”

Source : "Nobuo Part 2". Interview with Spence D., Peer Schneider and Jeremy Dunham, www.ign.com. July 14, 2004.

“I will take a little bit of credit because I did come up with 'you're welcome.'”