"I try to talk as little as possible, unless I see something that I might disagree with."

“In the beginning, there was no retirement. There were no old people. In the Stone Age, everyone was fully employed until age 20, by which time nearly everyone was dead, usually of unnatural causes. Any early man who lived long enough to develop crow's-feet was either worshiped or eaten as a sign of respect.”

“My mom is painfully sweet; she's from Nebraska.”

“No matter how long you train someone to be brave, you never know if they are or not until something real happens.”

“Succeeding in sport is about how much practise you put in.”

Source : Hertfordshire Life Interview, www.hertfordshirelife.co.uk. January 2015.

“I think what was special about 'Music by Prudence' was the classic story of the title subject's life path - from being an outcast in her society because she was disabled, to someone who picked herself from that despair and elevated herself within that community, and now that society accepting her as much as they formerly rejected her. People identified with that journey, overcoming an obstacle, but still triumphing.”

“The Supreme Court kept me from my freedom.”

“I have loved women even to madness, but I have always loved liberty better.”

Source : Giacomo Casanova (2013). “The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt Volume 2: To Paris and Prison”, p.128, Simon and Schuster

“You can't teach it [jazz singing]. There's nobody who can teach you how to sing jazz. Either you know how to sing jazz, or you don't.”

Source : "Tony Bennett: His Life in Art & Song". Interview with Roseanna Vitro, jazztimes.com. February 5, 2014.