"It's always been hard to be gay in Washington."

“But don't forget my ideas are only what's been written down in history by the great people of the world who've gone before. All I've done is condense the wisdom of the world into an attitude for athletics. Athletics aren't just running, it's a way of life”

“I have ways of making money that you know nothing of.”

“Stay a child while you can be a child.”

“I love vinyl, but I'm not a 'vinyl person'. I still collect, but most of my stuff is digital.”

“Our focus has to be on changing reality, not changing laws.”

Source : Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn (2009). “Half the Sky”, p.32, Vintage

“Near the snow, near the sun, in the highest fields, See how these names are fêted in the waving grass And by the streamers of the white cloud And whispers of the wind in the listening sky. The names of those who in their lives fought for life, Who wore at their hearts the fire's centre. Born of the sun, they travelled a short while toward the sun And left the vivid air signed with their honour.”

“When you get a cat to catch the mice in your kitchen, you can't expect it to ignore the rats in the cellar.”

“Against the background of general freakishness the case of my particular freakishness was lost.”

Source : Witold Gombrowicz (2012). “Ferdydurke”, p.47, Yale University Press