"I read recipes the same way I read science fiction. I get to the end and say to myself "well, that's not going to happen"

“Yes, I think I am a genius, but not a rebel.”

“A premise of the new city is that we want a society to be as egalitarian as possible. For this purpose, quality-of-life distribution is more important than income distribution. [And quality of life includes] a living environment as free of motor vehicles as possible.”

“I'm particularly fond of boned chicken breasts with a little garlic under the flesh and cooked in a casserole for 40 minutes with a jar of olives, some cherry tomatoes and a spoonful of olive oil.”

“It is not the least of a martyr's scourges to be canonized by the persons who burned him.”

Source : Murray Kempton (2012). “Part of Our Time: Some Ruins and Monuments of the Thirties”, p.46, New York Review of Books

“My job isn't about pursuing fame and then becoming an actor. It's about becoming an actor, and if fame follows suit, that's fine.”

Source : Interview with Stax, www.ign.com. October 11, 2006.

“Habits are like financial capital – forming one today is an investment that will automatically give out returns for years to come.”

“Whenever we manage to love without expectations, calculations, negotiations, we are indeed in heaven.”

“She was mother not only to me but to the whole nation. She served the Indian people to the last drop of her blood.”

Source : Rajiv Gandhi (1987). “Selected speeches and writings”