"Science does not permit exceptions."

“Oh I don't plan on getting married. It's a legalized form of prostitution.”

Source : Candace Bushnell (2014). “The Carrie Diaries and Summer in the City”, p.12, HarperCollins UK

“I wouldn't say the world is my parish, but my readers are my parish. And especially the readers that write to me. They're my parish. And it's a responsibility that I enjoy.”

“Loneliness is inner emptiness. Solitude is inner fulfillment.”

Source : Richard J. Foster (1995*). “Richard Foster's treasury of Christian discipline”, Jossey-Bass

“I think all art is about control, the encounter between control and uncontrollable.”

“All models are wrong, but some are useful.”

Source : George E. P. Box, Norman R. Draper (2007). “Response Surfaces, Mixtures, and Ridge Analyses”, p.414, John Wiley & Sons

“If you like something, go for it.”

“Good checklists, on the other hand are precise. They are efficient, to the point, and easy to use even in the most difficult situations. They do not try to spell out everything--a checklist cannot fly a plane. Instead, they provide reminders of only the most critical and important steps--the ones that even the highly skilled professional using them could miss. Good checklists are, above all, practical.”

“Eventhough you are not equipped, keep searching: equipment isn't necessary on the way to the Lord. Whoever you see engaged in search, become her friend and cast your head in front of her, for choosing to be a neighbour of seekers, you become one yourself; protected by conquerors, you will yourself learn to conquer. If an ant seeks the rank of Solomon, don't smile contemptuously upon its quest. And of all your skills, and wealth and handicraft, Weren't they first merely a thought and a quest?”