"That our knowledge only illuminates a small corner of the Universe, that it is incomplete, approximate, tentative and merely probable need not concert us. It is genuine nevertheless. Physical science stands as one of the great achievements of the human spirit."

“In the name of religion, one tortures, persecutes, builds pyres. In the guise of ideologies, one massacres, tortures and kills. In the name of justice one punishes...in the name of love of one's country or of one's race hates other countries, despises them, massacres them. In the name of equality and brotherhood there is suppression and torture. There is nothing in common between the means and the end, the means go far beyond the end...ideologies and religion... are the alibis of the means.”

“The thing is that the money issue looms so large in art now. And it has absolutely nothing to do with art. If you're painting goes for ten grand or a hundred grand, it doesn't make painting any easier. And it doesn't make the painting any better if it goes for a hundred grand.”

Source : Interview With Laura Hoptman, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 15, 2013.

“Valentine's Day is the hardest day of the year for a woman to get out, but everybody who is anybody and single is out that night.”

Source : “Millionaire Matchmaker Patti Stanger's Fool-Proof Plan for Picking Up a Guy on Valentine's Day” by Anna Moeslein, www.glamour.com. February 13, 2013.

“One man’s nonsense is another man’s sense.”

“What doctor does not need platform heels and dark black eyeliner to treat their patients?”

Source : "Interview: The Cast And Crew Of Scrubs". Interview With Todd Gilchrist, www.ign.com. May 9, 2006.

“The artist, even when he imitates nature, always feels himself to be not a slave but a demigod.”

“Dan watched in awe. "I didn't know you talk Turkey." "I speak Turkish.”

Source : Peter Lerangis (2012). “The 39 Clues: Cahills vs. Vespers Book 3: The Dead of Night”, p.65, Scholastic Inc.

“I've only made short films and two features, which are very different. One is a surreal comedy, and the other is a period tragedy. I'm curious to know what misconceptions this could trigger”