"There are times, however, and this is one of them, when even being right feels wrong. What do you say, for instance, about a generation that has been taught that rain is poison and sex is death?"

“I try to make my characters kind of ordinary, somebody that anybody could be. Because we've all had loves, perhaps love and loss, people can relate to my characters.”

Source : FaceBook post by Maeve Binchy from Feb 07, 2012

“I believe in entrepreneurs. I believe in their ability to make positive change in the world.”

Source : "How a dollar can buy dignity and power" by Jessica Jackley, www.cnn.com. November 7, 2010.

“Selling is the easiest job in the world if you work it hard-but the hardest job in the world if you try to work it easy.”

Source : Frank Bettger (2009). “How I Raised Myself From Failure”, p.28, Simon and Schuster

“You can't put those guys like Marciano or anyone else in with today's class of fighters.”

“But the Night Mother is mother to all! It is her voice we follow! Her will! Would you dare risk disobedience? And surely... punishment?”

“The blues and jazz will live forever... So will the Delta and the Big Easy.”

“At a time when public finances are under huge strain, we surely do not need to pay celebrities to wax lyrical to mandarins. Unless American comedians can make the Home Office fit for purpose, the taxpayer won't be laughing.”

Source : "Comic Ruby Wax runs workshops for Home Office staff". www.theguardian.com. March 22, 2010.

“Everyone is different. Sometimes it's very exciting; sometimes very scary.”