"We are born to action and whatever is capable of suggesting and guiding action has power over us from the first."

“My ruthless desire to win at all costs served me well on the bike but the level it went to, for whatever reason, is a flaw. That desire, that attitude, that arrogance.”

“If the people were a little more ignorant, astrology would flourish - if a little more enlightened, religion would perish.”

“Christian obligation cannot be made to accord with a law of expediency. The Christian's maxims are, Do right because you are bound to do right. Do right though the heavens fall. There is a world of difference between You had better and You are bound to.”

Source : "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 200, 1895.

“Are you angry with someone? Pray for that person. That is what Christian love is.”

“Freedom comes in individual packages.”

Source : Shirley Boone (1972). “ONE WOMAN'S LIBERATION”

“I get paid by the year, and I try to earn my money.”

“Don't try and change things for other people. Don't try and be persuaded by producers and people to change your vision. If you stick to your vision and you're true to yourself, it kind of works. I mean, it's tough. It's a big Fitzcarraldo journey, but then you'll have your good karma at the end of the day. You'll have your good soul. You know, if you start to sell little bits of it, you, you become nothing and nobody, and you don't have any vision remaining.”

Source : "Lynne Ramsay Talks WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN, the Patti Smith Biopic, Adapting FRANKENSTEIN & Her Sci-Fi Take On DAS BOOT Meets MOBY DICK In Outer Space". Interview with Ron Messer, collider.com. January 15, 2012.

“AIDS is our number one enemy. This enemy can be defeated. While the research for a cure continues, four principles -- love, support, acceptance and care for those affected -- can make us winners.”