"The epithets of imbeciles have never bothered me."

“intricately and intriguingly woven, lots of fun, and extremely thought provoking.”

“My life amounts to no more than one drop in a limitless ocean. Yet what is any ocean, but a multitude of drops?”

“Every moment is enormous and it is all we have.”

“I've never for a second felt like my job has been more of a struggle because I'm a woman.”

Source : "This much I know". Interview With Laura Potter, www.theguardian.com. April 18, 2009.

“Diplomacy is like jazz: endless variations on a theme.”

Source : "Richard Holbrooke: A Consummate Insider Who Left Us Wanting More" by Stephen Kinzer, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 14, 2010.

“And that was the way The deuce was to pay As it always is, at the close of the day That gave us”

Source : Will Carleton (2001). “Farm Ballads”, p.108, Applewood Books

“A true man does not only stand up for himself, he stands up for those that do not have the ability to.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“The more I work with the powers of Nature, the more I feel God's benevolence to man; the closer I am to the great truth that everything is dependent on the Eternal Creator and Sustainer; the more I feel that the so-called science, I am occupied with, is nothing but an expression of the Supreme Will, which aims at bringing people closer to each other in order to help them better understand and improve themselves.”