"We don't know if capital punishment is a deterrent, but we know that men we execute will not murder again."

“Master's degree in journalism served several purposes. It helped me to break down and understand scripts. And the discipline of getting my master's gave me a certain amount of confidence. I don't think college is the only path, but I enjoyed it and it worked out very well for me. I had some good friends with whom I could get a little crazy, but still be responsible. It was the perfect bridge from living at home to independence. I also love learning. I might have been a professional student and earned a couple of doctorates, if I didn't have to pay bills.”

Source : Source: www.theaquarian.com

“Trudeau's not somebody's who's going to make strange faces if Trump says something rude. Trudeau's very aware of his personal image.”

“A Platonic friendship is perhaps only possible when one or other of the Platonists is in love with a third person.”

Source : "The Friends of Voltaire". Book by Evelyn Beatrice Hall, 1906.

“Why do critics make such an outcry against tragicomedies? is not life one?”

“There's no way to approach anything in an objective way. We're completely subjective; our view of the world is completely controlled by who we are as human beings, as men or women, by our age, our history, our profession, by the state of the world.”

“I contend that we are the first race in the world, and that the more of the world we inhabit the better it is for the human race...If there be a God, I think that what he would like me to do is paint as much of the map of Africa British Red as possible...”

Source : "Imperial racism". "The Story of Africa" by BBC World Service, www.bbc.co.uk. February 19, 2007.

“National 21 drinking age, huh, what do you think about that? A bunch of malarkey, whatever malarkey is, man, it's a whole bunch of it.”

“I've never let anyone talk me into not believing in myself”