"There really is no such thing as failure. There is only the rearrangement of plans and surrender of ego."

“The fisherman of the Colombian coast must be learned doctors of ethics and morality, for they invented the word sentipensante, or ‘feeling-thinking’ to define language that speaks the truth. Eduardo Galeano”

“Dishonesty in government is the business of every citizen. It is not enough to do your own job. There's no particular gift in that. Democracy isn't a gift. It's a responsibility.”

Source : Dalton Trumbo (1941). “The Remarkable Andrew: The Chronicle of a Literal Man”

“I'm very good at being out of work.”

Source : "'If I wasn't in Lewis, I wouldn't watch it': TV detective Kevin Whately admits he has no idea why show is so popular" by Sue Crawford, www.mirror.co.uk. January 12, 2013.

“When I speak of poetry I am not thinking of it as a genre. Poetry is an awareness of the world, a particular way of relating to reality. So poetry becomes a philosophy to guide a man throughout his life.”

“Your name is Sanchez, what are you doing playing for Northern Ireland?”

“Art should stimulate.”

“You asked me once if I would still love you when your lips were puckered with age and your eyes were faded. I can assure you that I will still love you when I have only the strength (and the scant teeth) left to gum those puckered lips. I shall love you when your bones are sharp enough to pierce my fragile flesh. I shall love you when the light in my own eyes fades for good and yours is the last sweet face I see. Because I am and ever shall be…”

“I would treat her like an egg, the shell of which we remove before eating it; I would take off her mask and then kiss her pretty face.”