"I have seen that Man moves over with each new generation into a bigger body, more awful, more reverent and more free than he has had before."

“You have to dream things out. It keeps a kind of an ideal before you. You see it first in your mind and then you set about to try and make it like the ideal. If you want a garden,-why, I guess you've got to dream a garden.”

Source : Bess Streeter Aldrich (1994). “A Lantern in Her Hand”, p.87, U of Nebraska Press

“What do you call a comedian who runs for president? A trump card.”

“The number of opera houses around the world and the high attendance rates show that opera an art form that is more popular than ever.”

“If you find yourself talking to the police, my advice is to stay calm but look guilty; it's your safest bet.”

Source : Ben Aaronovitch (2011). “Midnight Riot”, p.52, Del Rey

“I’m very feminist in the way I look at the world, and that worldview must somehow be part of my work.”

“Music is one of those things that brings great joy to people, singing is a sort of unifier of people, no matter what political place or original place you come from.”

“I think it's really important to follow your intuition and gut, and try not to do things just for the sake of pleasing other people.”

“You never know yourself until the chips are down. True strength is not measured when your at your strongest, but when you’re at your weakest.”