"Thinking too well of people often allows them to be better than they otherwise would."

“One act of beneficence, one act of real usefulness, is worth all the abstract sentiment in the world.”

Source : Ann Radcliffe (1795). “The Mysteries of Udolfo: A Romance Interspersed with Some Pieces of Poetry”, p.214

“I think everyone's so scared of other people judging them.”

Source : "Courtney Barnett on songwriting, self-confidence, and her record label". Interview with Rose Riddell, www.coupdemainmagazine.com. February 29, 2016.

“A lot of people think that success is luck and being in the right place at the right time. But I think if you’re willing to work harder than anybody else, you can create an awful lot of your own luck.”

“'Wolf Hall' attempts to duplicate not the historian's chronology but the way memory works: in leaps, loops, flashes.”

“Science is a truth that is true no matter what, no matter when and for all time and science as the kind of gospel truth replaces the gospel, which was religion.”

“First of all; Frank was the BOSS. We didn't question any of his motives or decisions at the time.”

Source : Jimmy Carl Black Interview by Stephen Moore in Munich, Germany, www.stevemoorebooks.com. March 29, 2000.

“What I do feel with the different scripts that they give me where I feel like this is done for one of those reasons, I share my point of view. I don't just say, "No, thank you." I say, "I feel that this represents Latinos in a wrong way, in a bad way."”

Source : Source: www.sheknows.com

“I really don't feel as connected to Heaven as I do to the ones where I was there from start to finish. And on this record I was there for every moment.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com