"If you don't know what it is you want - and I mean specifically - then you won't even know when you have it."

“You can fall on your face easily if you go off in a certain direction. The Birds is a good example, some people are really phobic about birds flying over their heads, and some don't care. So, it's a personal thing.”

“Mountains should not be judged by altitude.”

“Men don't even ask me out. I can't remember the last time I was asked out on a date, and I'm talking years here. I spend my life more and more alone.”

“Truly, the challenges we face are not Democratic challenges or Republican challenges. In fact, they are not political challenges at all; they are fiscal challenges, and educational challenges, and the challenges of figuring out how to take care of each other.”

Source : Christine Gregoire's Inaugural Speech in Olympia, Washington, awpc.cattcenter.iastate.edu. January 12, 2005.

“Mr. Sagunuma: We can never escape who we are. Instead of wasting time worrying about it, why don't you cut to he chase and love yourself?”

“The criterion for what is good is based on whether it relieves someone, brings joy, or soothes a distress.”

Source : Bert Hellinger, Gabriele Ten Hövel (1999). “Acknowledging what is: Conversations with Bert Hellinger”, p.162, Zeig Tucker & Theisen Publishers

“A radical and transformative thought goes nowhere without the willingness to challenge convention.”

Source : Malcolm Gladwell (2013). “David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants”, p.85, Hachette UK

“The artist invites the spectator to take a journey within the realm of the canvas... Without taking the journey, the spectator has really missed the essential experience of the picture.”

Source : Mark Rothko, Christopher Rothko (2006). “The Artist's Reality: Philosophies of Art”, p.47, Yale University Press