"I can't understand how anyone is able to paint without optimism."

“It's a hard loss when you lose by one point.”

Source : "Past wins aside, Mariel Zagunis still driven". Interview with Bonnie D. Ford, www.espn.com. December 8, 2011.

“What we are is our parents' children; what we become is our children's parents.”

“You are your own raw material. When you know what you consist of and what you want to make of it, then you can invent yourself.”

Source : Warren G. Bennis, Patricia Ward Biederman (2009). “The Essential Bennis”, p.205, John Wiley & Sons

“Definition of good neighbor: someone to be trusted; a courteous, friendly source of help when help is needed; someone you can count on; someone who cares.”

“Richard began to understand darkness: darkness as something solid and real, so much more than a simple absence of light. He felt it touch his skin, questing, moving, exploring: gliding through his mind. It slipped into his lungs, behind his eyes, into his mouth...”

“Movies are not scripts - movies are films; they're not books, they're not the theatre.”

Source : Source: www.theguardian.com

“The Founders never intended for Americans to trust their government. Our entire Constitution was predicated on the notion that government was a necessary evil, to be restrained and minimized as much as possible.”

“I've changed my ways a little, I cannot now Run with you in the evenings along the shore, Except in a kind of dream, and you, if you dream a moment, You see me there.”