"After Hurricane Katrina, over New Orleans, my helicopter crashed and the pilot and I were only saved because we fell on the roof of a flooded house that absorbed the shock. When the helicopter was spiraling downward out of control, I didn't expect to survive at all."

-- Yann Arthus-Bertrand

#New Orleans Quotes #House Quotes #Pilots Quotes

“Ghost Dog: In the words of the ancients, one should make his decision within the space of seven breaths. It is a matter of being determined and having the spirit to break through to the other side.”
“I don't believe in competing, because there's room for everyone. You have to compete with yourself, because your duty to grow as a human being and keeping your humility is much more important than your music career. You can get money, women, travels, but all that's an illusion.”

Source : "The Ballad of Juan Gabriel : After a disadvantaged childhood, the singer-songwriter grew to become Mexico's biggest pop star. Now he gets as much pleasure from helping the orphanage he started as he does singing and hearing others do his songs". Interview with Enrique Lopetegui, articles.latimes.com. July 25, 1993.
“My parents put everything in a trust fund for me. I won't get it until I'm 18, so I'll use it for college.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.”

Source : Under Western Eyes pt. 2, ch. 4 (1911)
“It may well be that you are in a bad state, but to keep company with someone worse than you would allow to see good in yourself.”
“Plenty of people who are 38 have run really well in the marathon.”
“I have no regrets at all. I have done quite well for myself. I didn't have a conventional face, but I have done well, and I am proud of it.”
“I don't think [Dylan and the Beatles] influenced me a lot. I think it was inevitable; they were so powerful that you couldn't really escape the influence.”

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