"One of the commonest mistakes and one of the costliest is thinking that success is due to some genius, some magic – something or other which we do not possess. Success is generally due to holding on, and failure to letting go."

“Global warming alarmists invariably try to make their case by resorting to rhetoric, dogma, opinion, and emotion. The closest thing to scientific data in their articles is the occasional chart claiming a poorly understood correlation between atmospheric CO2 and the Earth's temperature.”

Source : "Politics Outweigh Science In Global Warming Debate". www.heartland.org. June 5, 2010.

“My feet are like something from another age - prehistoric and troll-like. I keep expecting them to talk, they have that much character.”

Source : Interview with Rosanna Greenstreet, www.theguardian.com. July 29, 2011.

“Public opinion in this country is everything.”

“An order of government, established by such an all-wise, powerful being, must be good and perfect, and must be calculated to promote the permanent peace, happiness, and well-being of all his subjects”

“Whoever is unwilling to help himself can be helped by no one.”

Source : Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (1951). “The education of man, aphorisms”

“I've never been a waif; I have a womanly figure and always did.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“Everybody says we hated the Yankees. We didn't hate the Yankees. We just hated the way they beat us.”

“It's unbearable when someone changes around you. Just imagine that your life partner changes, then it is difficult to cope with. Or your mother. Or your father. They were strong and now they're like a baby - it's not so funny.”