"There are lots of people out there who prefer tinkering to winning - it gives them a good excuse."

“The great struggle of history has been for the control over money. It is almost tautological to affirm that to control the production and distribution of money is to control the wealth, resources, and people of the world.”

Source : Jack Weatherford (2009). “The History of Money”, p.246, Crown Business

“No, I don’t live in heartache. I don’t cry myself to sleep or any of that. I am, I tell myself, over it. But I do feel a void, icky as that sounds. And—like it or not—I still think about her every single day.”

“the snow ... came in thick tufts like new wool - washed before the weaver spins it.”

“I am blessed beyond belief.”

“Persistence is the soul of a champion.”

“But don't ever call her ex-boyfriends by his name.”

“I find, on my own travels, that the most depressing form of culture shock is experienced when you go into a country that is under the thumb of a dictator.”

“Cautionary tales were fantastic in the '70s.”