"I loved being outside. We'd hold lightning bugs in our fingers and pretend they were diamond rings."

“A serious problem in America is the gap between academe and the mass media, which is our culture. Professors of humanities, with all their leftist fantasies, have little direct knowledge of American life and no impact whatever on public policy.”

“Be at peace with your own soul, then heaven and earth will be at peace with you.”

“When I'm about Rick James, it's all about get out there and kill 'em.”

“It was awkward at times, especially at first. But I think the reality is they actually saw me with a Razorback on my shirt, and it kind of hit home that, hey, he is over there, he's not at Springdale anymore.”

“If a man knows what he wants, then he is in a position to decide that he will get it. This is faith. The determined decision of a man with desire.”

“I don't mind there being some medievalists around for ornamental purposes, but there is no reason for the State to pay for them.”

Source : "Clarke Dismisses Medieval Historians". Speech at University College, Worcester, www.theguardian.com. May 09, 2003.

“No one ever got ahead by going through the motions. You have to constantly be improving yourself. Make your life the masterpiece you want it to be.”

Source : Queen Latifah (2010). “Put on Your Crown: Life-Changing Moments on the Path to Queendom”, p.16, Hachette UK

“Alea iacta est. The die has been cast.”