"Well Connor thought ruefully At least now I know who to thank for my anger issues."

“In terms of other functions, we are making a mistake about insisting on a public school monopoly.”

Source : "No Easy Answers: An Interview with James Q. Wilson". Interview with William D. Eggers and John O'Leary, reason.com. February 1995.

“Failure is impossible.”

“Then I dropped my forehead against his and sat there for a long time, as if I could telegraph a message through our two skulls, from my brain to his. I wanted to make him understand some things. You know all that stuff we’ve always said about you?” I whispered. “What a total pain you are? Don’t believe it. Don’t believe it for a minute, Marley.” He needed to know that, and something more, too. There was something I had never told him, that no one ever had. I wanted him to hear it before he went. Marley,” I said. “You are a great dog.”

“A dissection of music perception and creation that starts slowly and inexorably builds to a grand finish. I loved reading that listening to music coordinates more disparate parts of the brain than almost anything else--and playing music uses even more! Despite illuminating a lot of what goes on this book doesn't "spoil" enjoyment- it only deepens the beautiful mystery that is music.”

“You can give of your talent, you can give of your possessions, or you can give of yourself. For God's sake, give something.”

Source : Dennis Wholey, Cleveland Amory (1986). “Are you happy?: some answers to the most important question in your life”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)

“One, gains an unmistakable impression that the Sky- God wanted to communicate with people of various folk religions all the time, but for His own mysterious reasons maintained a policy of restraint until the arrival of Yahweh's testimony! This is surely a powerful exta-biblical evidence for the authenticity of the Bible as revelation from the one true and universal God!”

“I always dreamed of being Maria in The Sound of Music.”

“I think the media has done a good job portraying him being a bad person, when in reality he's not.”