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“American Empire- it is an empire that lacks the drive to export its capital, its people and its culture to those backward regions which need them most urgently and which, if they are neglected, will breed the greatest threats to its security. It is an empire, in short, that dare not speak its name. It is an empire in denial.”
Source : Niall Ferguson (2002). “Empire: the rise and demise of the British world order and the lessons for global power”, Basic Books (AZ)
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“When I'm out with my girlfriends at the bar, and I see some young 18-year old boy, just for fun I say, 'Hi honey. Do you like girls? Do you like girls exclusively? Oh, good.'”
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“The Walls enriched with Fruit-trees and faced with a covering of their leafy extensions; I should rather have said hung with different Pieces of Nature's noblest Tapestry.”
Source : James Hervey (1856). “Meditations and contemplations: to which is prefixed the life of the author”, p.143
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“Some of the greatest discoveries...consist mainly in the clearing away of psychological roadblocks which obstruct the approach to reality; which is why,post factum they appear so obvious.”
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“The most lively thought is still inferior to the dullest sensation.”
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“Darkness, thou first great parent of us all, Thou art our great original!”
Source : Thomas YALDEN (1833). “The Poetical Works of Thomas Yalden: to which is Prefixed, a Biographical Sketch of the Author, by the Editor. Magnet Edition”, p.5
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“Perfect happiness is knowing that everyone I love is healthy, safe, and content.”
Source : Simon and schuster Interview, www.goodreads.com. October, 2009. 
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“...next to the pleasure of reading a favourite fishing book comes that of persuading a friend to read it too.”
Source : Arthur Ransome (2013). “Fishing”, p.9, Cambridge University Press
