"I don't really exude that 'it' factor."

“Tell the men to fire faster and not to give up the ship; fight her till she sinks.”

“I'd rather go out in a decent crack-up than in a hospital.”

“Behind all these men you have to do with, behind officers, and government, and people even, there is the country herself, your country, and . . . you belong to her as you belong to your own mother. Stand by her, boy, as you would stand by your mother.”

Source : Edward Everett Hale, Hsuan L. Hsu, Susan Kalter (2010). “Two Texts by Edward Everett Hale: "The Man Without a Country" and Philip Nolan's Friends”, p.32, Rowman & Littlefield

“We thought that if we can highlight it, it will impact policy-makers and politicians and encourage them to take some concrete action.”

Source : "Glacier scientist: I knew data hadn't been verified". Interview with David Rose, www.dailymail.co.uk. January 24, 2010.

“You go through spells where you feel that maybe you're too sensitive for this world. I certainly felt that.”

“Find out what you really like if you can. Find out what is really important to you. Then sing your song. You will have something to sing about and your whole heart will be in the singing.”

Source : Robert Henri (1960). “The art spirit”, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

“I thought I had the world by the tail. It took me a few years to realize the closest I was to having the world by the tail was being a dingle berry on one of its ***** hairs.”

Source : Joe R. Lansdale “Deranged by Choice”, KHP Publishers

“If you try to have a fashion show with Bach fugues and John Coltrane, it doesn't really work.”