"Even if you think you're doing well and have it all figured out, there is a voice you will always inevitably hear at some point which nags at you and says "but wait..." Don't ever dismiss it, listen to what it has to say. Life will never be close enough to perfect, and listening to that voice means stepping outside of yourself and considering your own wrongdoings and flaws."

“Of course the sands of Present Time are running out from under our feet. And why not? The Great Conundrum: 'What are we here for?' is all that ever held us here in the first place. Fear. The answer to the Riddle of the Ages has actually been out in the street since the First Step in Space. Who runs may read but few people run fast enough. What are we here for? Does the great metaphysical nut revolve around that? Well, I'll crack it for you, right now. What are we here for? We are here to go!”

Source : Brion Gysin (2015). “Back in No Time: The Brion Gysin Reader”, p.174, Wesleyan University Press

“It's a great incentive to work long hours. I limit the holiday to two weeks and then get the hell back to the office. If I had my choice I wouldn't take holidays but my wife insists on time with the kids. That's enough. Prior to getting married I never took a holiday.”

“Finish: Even if you run a slower than expected time, you succeed in any marathon when you finish.”

“Faced with unmeasurables, people steer their way by magic.”

Source : "Room at the Top? Sexism and the Star System in Architecture". Essay by Denise Scott Brown, in "Architecture: A Place for Women", book edited by Ellen Perry Berkeley and Matilda McQuaid, www.mascontext.com. 1989.

“If, one day, I should offend God in any way, or grow remiss, though ever so little, in that which concerns His holy service and glory, I solemnly implore Him, rather let me die.”

“Execution is the job of the business leader.”

“You could raise the price of, say, a bottle of ketchup to $1.03 instead of $1, and no one would know. Raising prices just 3% per product would add 50% to your pretax income. Why not do it? It's like heroin: You do a little and you want a little bit more. Raising prices is the easy way.”

“When you touch the pain of the world as real, there is a solidarity, an engagement with the Gospel, a living faith that blossoms forth.”

Source : "Pope Francis Brings 'New Gifts' to the Future of the Catholic Church". Interview with Ray Suarez, www.pbs.org. March 12, 2013.