"Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his brow?"

“I had some great music teachers who were men, but I think there's something about having these master teachers who were women in my life. That's very meaningful to me and you see it in my work. I write a lot about matriarchs and the pain of it, the beauty of it, the burden of it, the love of it.”

“Acquaintances represent a source of social power, and the more acquaintances you have the more powerful you are.”

“What I mean by photographing as a participant rather than observer is that I'm not only involved directly with some of the activities that I photograph, such as mountain climbing, but even when I'm not I have the philosophy that my mind and body are part of the natural world”

“I create because it makes me connected to something larger than myself.”

“You can't be a strong or cool woman and be represented except in a harsh way, looking mean and cold and hard. It's like reverse sexism”

Source : "Kim Gordon: life after Sonic Youth". Interview with Dorian Lynskey, www.theguardian.com. February 15, 2014.

“Goal setting has traditionally been based on past performance. This practice has tended to perpetuate the sins of the past.”

“Be yourself. If you water yourself down to please people or to fit in or to not offend anyone, you lose the power, the passion, the freedom and the joy of being uniquely you. It's much easier to love yourself when you are being yourself.”

“As a Polynesian, our gods are tied to water, so this means something special”

Source : "Jason Momoa's First Comments About Starring in 'Aquaman'". www.worstpreviews.com. October 20, 2014.