"Silence is a virtue in those who are deficient in understanding."

“Punk, and rock in general, is often very myopic. When people sing about "the world," they're generally focused almost entirely on the west and Europe. Sometimes South America. Sometimes Asia. But rarely Africa. The Ex, famously, is one of the few rock acts to travel and perform in Africa which, may be home to more musicians than just about anywhere else in the world.”

“I love the 2000s because everyone started to love haute couture.”

Source : Interview with Marion Hume, www.harpersbazaar.com.au. August 10, 2010.

“You are free to make choices. You are not free to escape the consequences.”

“It is a tragedy that we live in a world where physical courage is so common, and moral courage is so rare.”

“When I run in Ethiopia, I look out and see eucalyptus trees and rivers.”

“If we listen human instinct actually tells us what we need, but advertising makes us want things we don't need and things we can't have.”

“When a novelist or screenwriter is looking for a subject, the element he's seeking is conflict. Conflict makes drama. Conflict produces great characters and memorable scenes. So war is a natural topic.”

“But let not the foundation of our hope rest upon man's wisdom. It will not be sufficient that sectional prejudices find no place in the public deliberations. It will not be sufficient that the rash counsels of human passion are rejected. It must be felt that there is no national security but in the nation's humble, acknowledged dependence upon God and His overruling providence.”

Source : Franklin Pierce (1968). “Franklin Pierce, 1804-1869: chronology, documents, bibliographical aids”