"You can treat experience as a set of surprises on which to exercise your quirky self."

“My Spanish is getting a little bit loose. Sometimes I go to Spain and after I've been talking with my folks for a while... you start changing the verb for the adjective, for example, which is a common thing between Spanish and English. I change that sometimes but after a couple days there, boom, I'm back.”

“No temptation can ever be measured by the value of its object.”

“A kind of racism still exists in the United States, and Islamophobia is a more convenient way to express that sentiment. There has also been an attempt to paint Muslims as enemies of the United States.”

“It should be known that Israel is based on treachery.”

“Supporters have every divine right to slag your players off when they're not winning games.”

“When we mistake words for reality, we are subject to the tyranny of words.”

“A woman's guess is much more accurate than a man's certainty.”

Source : Rudyard Kipling (2016). “Collected Works of Rudyard Kipling (Illustrated Edition): 5 Novels & 350+ Short Stories, Poetry, Historical Military Works and Autobiographical Writings from one of the most popular writers in England, known for The Jungle Book, Kim, The Man Who Would Be King”, p.724, e-artnow (Open Publishing)

“I believe that work can be done on security; in combating terrorism in Mexico we have done our part in this area. But at the same time, the world must continue working.”