"Which religion gives the greatest joy to God? That which inspires human beings to practice Ahimsa and compassion to all creatures."

“As a matter of fact, I deliberately look for the mundane, because I feel these stories are ignored. The most influential things that happen to virtually all of us are the things that happen on a daily basis. Not the traumas.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“All over this land women have no political existence. Laws pass over our heads that we can not unmake. Our property is taken fromus without our consent. The babes we bear in anguish and carry in our arms are not ours.”

Source : Speech as president of a national convention of the Woman's National Loyal League, May 14, 1863.

“Different brands are indeed different, and that's the challenge of developing recipes for a cooker. But just like anything, you have to be flexible.”

“I've been an athlete that's sort of in advance; always thinking. After basketball I'd love to have my own radio show, my own TV show.”

“People do not love those whose eyes show that they are somewhere else”

Source : Peter Carey (2010). “Collected Stories”, p.186, Faber & Faber

“I hope I will be able to paint as long as I live,”

Source : "Exclusive - Bones and Landscapes Inspire Danish Queen's Art". Interview with John Acher, www.reuters.com. January 26, 2012.

“When people talk about cash being king, it's not king if it just sits there and never does anything.”

Source : "Warren Buffett: I Haven't Seen As Much Economic Fear In My Adult Lifetime - Charlie Rose Interview". Interview with Charlie Rose, www.cnbc.com. October 1, 2008.

“Let's think the unthinkable, let's do the undoable. Let us prepare to grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after all.”