"I cannot say that I have been hindered all my life by the permutation of genes that resulted in me being born a woman."

“[The report 'World Energy Outlook 2006'] reveals that the energy future we are facing today, based on projections of current trends, is dirty, insecure and expensive.”

“Karl Agell sang for our Blind album which was our second best selling record. He's a great guy and as a matter of fact, before Mike, Woody and I really got going on touring on the old Animosity stuff, Karl & I did about a dozen shows performing the Blind album from start to finish. He's still a good friend of mine and is now in a band called Lead Foot that's more Rock and Roll but they're fantastic, kind of Thin Lizzy or MC5 sounding.”

“I understand that I'm not perfect. I made mistakes and I had a hand in everything that's happened to me, good and bad.”

Source : "Dwyane Wade Talks New Book, ‘A Father First,’ And What He Plans To Teach His Sons About Women" By Jessica Cumberbatch Anderson, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 6, 2012.

“What, if some day or night a demon were to steal after you into your loneliest loneliness and say to you: 'This life as you now live it and have lived it, you will have to live once more and innumerable times more' ... Would you not throw yourself down and gnash your teeth and curse the demon who spoke thus? Or have you once experienced a tremendous moment when you would have answered him: 'You are a god and never have I heard anything more divine.”

“Intolerance of groups is often, strangely enough, exhibited more strongly against small differences than against fundamental ones.”

“I can't let important policy decisions hinge on the fact that an election is coming up every 90 days.”

“I see no point in being despondent. We might as well enjoy ourselves during our brief tenure of this life.”

Source : "National Book Festival: 'No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency' Novelist Alexander McCall Smith". Live Q&A, www.washingtonpost.com. September 19, 2008.

“...risk is one of the keys that move you from fear to freedom.”

Source : Rhonda Britten (2002). “Fearless Living”, p.28, Penguin