"No sociologist should think himself too good, even in his old age, to make tens of thousands of quite trivial computations in his head and perhaps for months at a time."

“It's not what you've been given, it's what you do with what you've got.”

“It is hard for women not to be overly self critical, I am no exception!”

Source : Source: www.glamour.com

“One should never trust a woman who tells one her real age. A woman who would tell one that would tell one anything.”

“Fish farming, even with conventional techniques, changes fish within a few generations from an animal like a wild buffalo or a wildebeest to the equivalent of a domestic cow.”

Source : Charles Clover (2008). “The End of the Line: How Overfishing is Changing the World and what We Eat”, p.312, Univ of California Press

“Life is full of constant ups and downs, and all I ask for is redemption in the end.”

Source : FaceBook post by Robin Thicke from Nov 10, 2011

“Remember that one who forgets the language of gratitude can never be on speaking terms with happiness.”

“If you know that everything comes from the mind, don't become attached. Once attached, you're unaware. But once you see your own nature, the entire Canon becomes so much prose. It's thousands of sutras and shastras only amount to a clear mind. Understanding comes in midsentence. What good are doctrines? The ultimate Truth is beyond words. Doctrines are words. They're not the Way. The Way is wordless. Words are illusions. . . . Don't cling to appearances, and you'll break through all barriers. . . .”

“I think a lot of ladies get quite scared about people like me, 'rock stars', and it can be hard to meet the right sort of person.”

Source : "Jay Kay: 'Getting an award on Top Gear is better than getting a Grammy'". Mirror Interview, www.mirror.co.uk. October 31, 2010.