"Realism is for pessimists. An optimist creates his own reality."

“Before you taste anything, recite a blessing.”

“Maddy: "Um.....William?" she said, driving up the narrow dirt road. "Is there a particular reason you keep a sword behind your backseat?" William: "Because I don't own a gun yet”

“I don't do the same show on any two nights.”

Source : Personal Quote, www.imdb.com.

“There are two distinct classes of men - those who pay taxes and those who receive and live upon taxes.”

Source : Thomas Paine (1830). “The Political Writings of Thomas Paine ...: Prospects on the Rubicon. Rights of man, part I. Rights of man, part II. Letter to the authors of the Republican. Letter to the Abbe Sieyes. Address to the addressers. Letters to Lord Onslow. Dissertation on the first principles of government. Speech delivered in the French National convention. Letter to Mr. Secretary Dundas. The decline and fall of the English system of finance. Letter to the people of France. Reasons for preserving the life of Louis”, p.281

“I think what I and most other sociologists of religion wrote in the 1960s about secularization was a mistake. Our underlying argument was that secularization and modernity go hand in hand. With more modernization comes more secularization”

“It wasn't as if she was terrified of heights, she simply preferred to be closer to solid ground, where words like plummet and plunge did not linger in her mind.”

“Rock n roll is what I would die for, but I love music and I love exploring, taking the challenge of playing, writing or singing... or producing.”

“Prophecy, however honest, is generally a poor substitute for experience.”