"I will fill myself with the desert and the sky. I will be stone and stars, unchanging and strong and safe. The desert is complete; it is spare and alone, but perfect in its soltitude. I will be the desert."

“To understand something is to be delivered of it.”

“Only mothers can think of the future - because they give birth to it in their children.”

“Life can be difficult sometimes, it gets bumpy. What with family and kids and things not going exactly like you planned. But that's what makes it interesting. In life the first act is always exciting. The second act, that is where the depth comes in.”

Source : "Fictional character: Gloria". "Grown Ups", www.imdb.com. 2010.

“Godliness is practical religion.”

“I take on issues that stir my passions about the state of humanity and our world, and I deeply believe in the power of still images to change people's minds,”

Source : "Vital oil: photographer Ed Kashi captures Nigeria's toxic legacy" by Sean O'Hagan, www.theguardian.com. March 22, 2010.

“It's always tough when you lose - you've worked so hard for that moment and it hasn't gone the way you wanted. But you have to realise there's always a bright side, you have to pick yourself up and get ready for the next game.”

Source : "Tennis star Maria Sharapova reveals why she wants more women to take up the sport". www.mirror.co.uk. June 17, 2010.

“My motto is to do everything absolutely flat out and to the best of your ability.”

Source : Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

“I dream of moving to India, or Pakistan, and becoming a cabdriver.”

Source : "Zach Galifianakis Live at the Purple Onion". Documentary, Comedy, 2006.