"Is it not unsupportable to be held down to a canter when you long to gallop for miles?"

“Understanding is, after all, what science is all about — and science is a great deal more than mindless computation.”

Source : Roger Penrose (1994). “Shadows of the Mind: A Search for the Missing Science of Consciousness”, p.7, Oxford University Press, USA

“Any woman or man who would write the truth of their lives would write a great work. But no one has dared to write the truth of their lives.”

“One must live with all, e'en if life be hell: Crime makes shame, not monetary stricture”

Source : "Max Havelaar: Or the Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company". Novel by Multatuli, 1860.

“No one else has ever opened doors for me. I opened them myself.”

Source : "Jenni Rivera’s Inspirational Quotes, Remembering 'La Diva De La Banda' On Her Birthday" by Carolina Moreno, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 2, 2013.

“You deicde, and you make our night what you want. Brilliant and ours. Stupid and theirs.”

Source : Arthur Phillips (2004). “The Egyptologist: A Novel”, p.502, Random House

“Don't hit the person across from you with bits of toast, And don't, when dinner is nearly through, say 'Who's the host' It isn't done.”

“The grass roots are energized because the absolutely highest priority in the country in November is to defeat Barack Obama. I have spoken with literally thousands and thousands of tea-party activists - I have yet to meet a single tea-party leader that is not going to vote for Mitt Romney.”

“Turn your love into promises, that when you doubt your love, you may simply ask, "Am I keeping my promises?"”