"Ugly is attractive, ugly is exciting. Maybe because it is newer. The investigation of ugliness is, to me, more interesting than the bourgeois idea of beauty. And why? Because ugly is human."

“Instead of antiquated notions of physical daring, courage is much more about making small choices to take initiative even when we are experiencing anxiety and facing risk.”

Source : Robert Biswas-Diener (2012). “The Courage Quotient: How Science Can Make You Braver”, p.148, John Wiley & Sons

“I never really had to deal with a death in the family, let alone my brother.”

Source : "Ravens' Torrey Smith has inspiring game hours after brother's death". news.blogs.cnn.com. September 24, 2012.

“When you wear a bow tie, doors open for you.”

“Needy and boring parents tend to have needy and bored children.”

“All men are selfish, brutal and inconsiderate--and I wish I could find one.”

Source : SHULAMITH FIRESTONE (1970). “THE DIALECTIC OF SEX”

“To love is to choose.”

“A statue of Apollo in a museum does not seem naked, but attach a tie to its neck and it will strike us as indecent ... The text is one of the components of an artistic work, albeit an extremely important component ... But the artistic effect as a whole arises from comparisons of the text with a complex set of ontological and ideological esthetic ideas.”

“I thought I couldn't afford to take her out and smoke as well. So I gave up cigarettes. Then I took her out and one day I looked at her and thought: 'Oh well,' and I went back to smoking again, and that was better.”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.