"Prayer is exhaling the spirit of man and inhaling the spirit of God."

“On stage, you can use your emotions. It's the place where you can channel them. They have a purpose.”

“What I always say is, 'Do every job you're in like you're going to do it for the rest of your life, and demonstrate that ownership of it.'”

“Our men must win or die. Pompey's men have... other options.”

“It's always sort of amazing, sitting in Baghdad, to watch visiting dignitaries being received in the Green Zone by politicians who have usually very little support and seldom go outside the Green Zone.”

“I admire the military. I guess in a world of villains and heroes, they're my heroes. Their dedication, their commitment, their discipline, their code of ethics.”

“What kind of crops do they raise in the towns? Only Grand Dukes, Bolsheviks and drunkards!”

“Everybody thought that Titanic was the most romantic movie ever. A story about two teenagers who knew each other for three days. Try to make that movie with a couple that's been together for a few years. 'Get in the ***** boat, Rose!' 'I don't wanna get in the boat!' 'Get in, come on, I'm freezing my ***** off out here! I wanted to go to Jamaica, but no, we had to go on a cruise in the middle of the winter!' 'You never draw me naked anymore'”

“The saint, we are told, once lived a life of sin - nothing spectacular, of course, just the usual things.”

Source : Nissim Ezekiel (1976). “Hymns in darkness”