"The founding fathers were not only brilliant, they were system builders and systematic thinkers. They came up with comprehensive plans and visions."

“My mistake was in ever opening the books.”

“My motto in life is 'if you give 100 per cent then no one can ask any more'.”

“If you're a preacher, you talk for a living, so even if you don't make sense, you learn to make nonsense eloquently.”

“The first time I did a school play was the first time I felt I was good at anything at all. I just loved it.”

Source : "Olivia Colman in Rev". Interview with Polly Vernon, www.theguardian.com. June 19, 2010.

“One day when I was like 9, I heard the Beatles on the radio, and I asked my dad who they were. He told me they were the best band in the world, and I became obsessed. He started giving me their albums in sequential order, and I listened to them - and only them - until I was probably in high school.”

Source : "Actor Lukas Haas dons a hospital gown for MCR clip, works on debut LP" by James Montgomery, www.mtv.com. October 19, 2006.

“There are two kinds of photographers: those who compose pictures and those who take them. The former work in studios. For the latter, the studio is the world... For them, the ordinary doesn't exist: every thing in life is a source of nourishment.”

Source : John Loengard (1987). “Pictures under discussion”, Amphoto Books

“Do your work for six years; but in the seventh, go into solitude or among strangers, so that the memory of your friends does not hinder you from being what you have become.”

Source : "The Voice of the Dolphins: And Other Stories". Book by Leo Szilard, 1961.

“To rejoice in life, to find the world beautiful and delightful to live in, was a mark of the Greek spirit which distinguished it from all that had gone before. It is a vital distinction.”