"I've done nothing I'm ashamed of. Nothing I couldn't face God with. I wouldn't kill a bug."

“Money alone cannot build character or transform evil into good. It cries for full partnership with leaders of character and good will who value good tools in the creation and enlargement of life for Man.”

“The more competition and the more voices - that's why I love bloggers and anything else the Internet can produce in the way of new news voices.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org

“Sometimes people want to know how to write a story from the point of view of a murderer and make her sympathetic. I think the answer is that you start by having her look for her car keys, because everybody knows what it's like.”

“The present changes the past. Looking back you do not find what you left behind.”

Source : Kiran Desai (2006). “The Inheritance of Loss”, p.208, Atlantic Monthly Press

“When you train your employees to be risk averse, then you're preparing your whole company to be reward challenged.”

“When I was younger I was obsessed with writing, so even if I wanted to listen, I didnt have time.”

“How we look - though it is superficial and immutable - has a huge impact on our lives.”

Source : "Looks aren't everything. Believe me, I'm a model". TED Talks, www.ted.com. October 2012.

“I'm not sure if a grinning Irish guy who is speechless for 45 seconds is going to make good TV.”