"A man shares his days with hunger, thirst, and cold, with the good times and the bad, and the first part of being a man is to understand that."

“Art must not serve might.”

Source : Karel Capek's statement to S. K. Neumann, as quoted in Ivan Klima "Karel Capek: Life and Work", 2002.

“I think there is no world without theatre.”

“That helped us nurture not only the game's traditions but to develop its mythology: America's Team, The Catch, The Frozen Tundra.”

“In the developing world, it's about time that women are on the agenda. For instance, 80 percent of small-subsistence farmers in sub-Saharan Africa are women, and yet all the programs in the past were predominantly focused on men.”

“I would rather be able to appreciate things I can not have than to have things I am not able to appreciate.”

“It doesn't matter if dragons are flying overhead or whatever - a lot of Victoriana is still cut in the frame of fantasy.”

“I played a lot of leaders, autocratic sorts; perhaps it was my Canadian accent.”

Source : "Leslie Nielsen Dead: Comedian Remembered For ‘Airplane’ And ‘Naked Gun’", www.huffingtonpost.com. November 28, 2010.

“Today the salaries of stars are astronomical in comparison with the 20's, but the high cost of today's living and taxes takes a huge bite out of these salaries.”