"It may be doubted whether any character can be named which is distinctive of a race and is constant."

“In my ideal world, no child would suffer. Charitable instincts would prevail. There would be global acceptance of all different types of people.”

Source : Clay Aiken (2004). “Learning to Sing”, p.240, Harper Collins

“Colin Montgomerie is a few French fries short of a Happy Meal.”

“I like the desperado aspect of essays, the free lance, that mercenary kind of thing, so I just do it, without asking anyone's permission. I've never written a query letter, I don't pitch pieces, I have no market in mind, I don't spend any time trying to figure out where I might fit in.”

Source : "Loitering: A Conversation with Essayist and Author Charles D'Ambrosio". Interview With Chris Schluep, www.amazonbookreview.com. February 3, 2016.

“I went to college because I felt like I was supposed to. I graduated from public high school and I did all the things that I was supposed to do.”

“When Steve Ballmer calls me wacko, I consider that a compliment.”

“To me, acting is the most logical way for people's neuroses to manifest themselves, in this great need we all have to express ourselves.”

“I like hot weather. I think it might be a bit better if England was a bit hotter.”

Source : Interview with Steave Head, www.ign.com. July 15, 2005.

“Wise people say nothing in dangerous times.”