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“The world of books is the most remarkable creation of man. Nothing else that he builds ever lasts. Monuments fall, nations perish, civilizations grow old and die out, and after an era new races build others. But in the world of books are volumes that have seen this happen again and again and yet live on, still young, still as fresh as the day they were written, still telling men's hearts of the heart of men centuries dead. -”
Source : Clarence Day (1920). “The story of the Yale University Press told by a friend”
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“Sometimes when I'm swimming, I think that maybe someday I'll put my red Speedo up for auction. Or maybe I'll donate it to the Smithsonian. They can stuff it with two plums and a gherkin and put it on display.”
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“What is most important to the history of the world? The Taliban or the collapse of the Soviet empire? Some stirred-up Moslems or the liberation of Central Europe and the end of the cold war?”
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“Nothing feeds a hunger like a thirst”
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“I don't like salads: I like the strong food.”
Source : "Interview: Monica Seles" by Tim Adams, www.theguardian.com. July 4, 2009. 
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“For the human species to evolve, the conversation must deepen.”
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“What is necessary is never unwise.”
Source : "Fictional chaacter: Sarek". "Star Trek", www.imdb.com. 2009.
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“The first time I ever saw people of any color was when D-Day left from my hometown in England, to go and free Europe from the war. And there was every color you could imagine, and I'd not seen that in England.”
Source : "Family Feud". TV Series, www.imdb.com. (1976 - 1985).
