"The moment when I can see a student's block, name the challenge and watch them become fuller and more dynamic in front of their colleagues' eyes is as rich a moment in a boardroom as it is in a ring."

“You can teach an old dog new tricksif the old dog wants to learn.”

“Purpose can never be about achievement; it is much bigger.”

“It will at least be a recommendation to the proposed constitution that it is provided with more checks and barriers against the introduction of tyranny, and those of a nature less liable to be surmounted, than any government hitherto instituted among mortals hath possessed.”

“The Tea Party has an important voice in the country and now they have a voice in the U.S. Senate.”

“The tragedy in the lives of most of us is that we go through life walking down a high-walled lane with people of our own kind, the same economic situation, the same national background and education and religious outlook. And beyond those walls, all humanity lies, unknown and unseen, and untouched by our restricted and impoverished lives.”

“He knew only that his child was his warrant. He said: If he is not the word of God God never spoke.”

“I learned how to skate, I couldn't do the tricks, but I could certainly skate fast enough. I could keep up with anybody and I could bomb hills and I could hide behind my camera.”

Source : "Larry Clark’s America". Interview with Owen Wilson, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 23, 2016.

“I had a terrible stammering problem when I was young, and as a result I spent a lot of time alone.”