"Too few have the courage of my convictions."

“Just when I think I hate fashion, I hate clothes, I'm seized by this crazy thing that I have to do. I have this little studio now where I just draw. I can be in the room for three days and not even look up”

“We can be eaten by techniques and forget what we have inside of us.”

“Marmee: Oh, Jo. Jo, you have so many extraordinary gifts; how can you expect to lead an ordinary life? You’re ready to go out and – and find a good use for your talent. Tho’ I don’t know what I shall do without my Jo. Go, and embrace your liberty. And see what wonderful things come of it.”

“As you get ready to walk out under the bright lights of the improvisational stage of the rest of your life be bold. Don't always worry about what your next line is going to be.”

Source : "Twitter CEO Dick Costolo tells University of Michigan graduates: 'Be bold'". Dick Costolo's keynote speech to the graduates at the University of Michigan, www.annarbor.com. May 4, 2013.

“A church is something very beautiful. It is nice when people feel happy in it. But I am not a religious man. Look at us, and then at the infinity of space. We are rather small insignificant creatures, wouldn’t you say?”

“Good questions inform, great questions transform”

“You learn stuff from every character you play about the human condition that can be quite enlightening.”

“Just because other people think something, that doesn't make it true. Maybe there's some truth in that, but it's unsatisfying, bitter-tasting truth.”

Source : Cynthia Lord (2013). “Rules”, p.117, Scholastic Inc.