"To judge of the real importance of the individual, we should think of the effect his death would produce."

“I would rather sleep only five hours and wake up at 5 or 5:30 a.m. and be in control of my time than to sleep later and spend the entire day controlled by time.”

“How glorious it is - and also how painful - to be an exception.”

Source : Alfred de Musset, Wilhelm Hauff (1925). “Two fables”

“A great artist transforms our world, removes scales from our eyes, plugs from our ears, gloves from our fingertips and teaches us to perceive reality differently.”

Source : "John Edgar Wideman Against the World" by Thomas Chatterton Williams, www.nytimes.com. January 26, 2017.

“Ah! what a divine religion might be found out if charity were really made the principle of it instead of faith.”

“In a land of freedom we are held hostage by the tyranny of political correctness.”

Source : Twitter post from Apr 30, 2013

“When you look around the room during meetings and practice, you see that everyone has the same goal. It's obvious by the way that everyone is preparing and getting ready.”

Source : Source: www.nfl.com

“Before I could talk, I would try to sing.”

“It's definitely an intrinsic part of my makeup that makes me want to see black when everyone else is seeing white.”