"We don't give our criminals much punishment, but we sure give 'em plenty of publicity."

“And then came a time when I could no longer say 'We,' and I found myself in a lonesome land where no one remembered that I had ever been young, or called me by my given name.”

Source : Candace Wheeler (1918). “Yesterdays in a Busy Life”

“Every man has within him only one life and one nature ... It behooves a man to look within himself and turn to the best dedication possible those endowments he has from his Maker. You do no wrong in questioning what once you held to be right for you, if now it has come to seem wrong. Put away all thought of being bound. We do not want you bound. No one who is not free can give freely.”

Source : Ellis Peters (2014). “The Potter's Field”, p.62, Head of Zeus

“I wish we didn't have to tell this story.”

“In China the underworld and officialdom have interpenetrated and become one. Criminal elements have become officialized as officials have become criminalized.”

Source : Xiaobo Liu, E. Perry Link, Tienchi Martin-Liao (2012). “No Enemies, No Hatred”, p.102, Harvard University Press

“I just want to keep finding special characters that I feel like I can bring to life and characters that are real and not superficial.”

“When you look at life think in terms of karate. But remember that karate is not only karate -- it is life.”

“Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide.”

“Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.”