"We, Norton I, do hereby decree that the offices of President, Vice President, and Speaker of the House of Representatives are, from and after this date, abolished."

“Religion is defined by the relationship between God and man. And Islam is the submission and the acknowledgment of the human being to the creator.”

“I'm not very active politically. The causes I work on offer immediate, practical, accessible help, and politics has never meant that to me”

“Poor soul - very sad; her late husband, you know, a very sad death - eaten by missionaries - poor soul.”

Source : Quoted in William Hayter, Spooner: A Biography (1977)

“Having good health, being able to breathe and be happy, that's one of the most beautiful gifts. On top of that, I have the gift to play music and make people happy through that. I'm just telling you from my heart, I'm so in love with life.”

“A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed.”

Source : "'We Have to Work Harder to Explain Why Trade Matters'". Speech to the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise by WTO Director-General Roberto Azevêdo, www.wto.org. October 21, 2016.

“You really feel an obligation to someone when they're trusting you to do something, and you promise that you'll come through for them.”

“The poet is in the end probably more afraid of the dogmatist who wants to extract the message from the poem and throw the poem away than he is of the sentimentalist who says, Oh, just let me enjoy the poem.”

“I never wanted to be a painter; I wanted to be a tap dancer.”