"I praise the God of grace; I trust His truth and might; He calls me His, I call Him mine. My God, my joy and light"

“There is no more terrible fate for a comedian than to be taken seriously.”

“To worship the product and ignore its development leads to dilettantism and reaction.”

“Women had to work like slaves in the art world, but a lot of men got to the top through their charm. And it hurt them. To be young and pretty didn't help a woman in the art world, because the social scene, and the buying scene, was in the hands of women – women who had money. They wanted male artists who would come alone and be their charming guests. Rothko could be very charming. It was a court. And the artist buffoons came to the court to entertain, to charm. Now it has changed, now the younger men are in – older women and younger men.”

“Having begun my life in science searching for the equation beyond time, I now believe that the deepest secret of the universe is that its essence rests in how it unfolds moment by moment in time.”

Source : Lee Smolin (2013). “Time Reborn: From the Crisis in Physics to the Future of the Universe”, p.13, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

“This last month I have felt the burden of a city. Its great sorrow has pressed in on my soul. Its vice and sin have bowed me upon my knees in tears.”

“Since this is an era when many people are concerned about 'fairness' and 'social justice,' what is your 'fair share' of what someone else has worked for?”

“Village cricket spread fast through the land.”

Source : "English Social History".

“Love is not a contract between two narcissists.”

Source : "Alain Badiou: a life in writing". Interview with Stuart Jeffries, www.theguardian.com. May 18, 2012.