"You can judge the moral bearing of a political system, a political institution, a political man by the degree of danger they attach to the fact of being observed through the eyes of a satiric poet."

“What is the situation today? We have a united country. We have a single currency. We have managed to stabilize the economy, despite difficulties. We could talk all day about all those achievements.”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de

“women, when describing their roles in their organizations, usually referred to themselves as being in the middle of things. Not at the top, but in the center; not reaching down, but reaching out.”

Source : Sally Helgesen (2011). “The Female Advantage: Women's Ways of Leadership”, p.45, Crown Business

“It's easier for me to let the game just come to me.”

“And we will move forward to our work, not howling out regrets like slaves whipped to their burdens, but with gratitude for a task worthy of our strength, and thanksgiving to Almighty God that He has marked us as His chosen people, henceforth to lead in the regeneration of the world.”

Source : Maiden speech in the Senate. "Congressional Record", Senate, 56th Congress, 1st session, pp. 704-712, en.wikisource.org. January 09, 1900.

“you are a beautiful mess, you are the melody…”

“I always try to act like I'm some old school artist from the 1960s.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com

“Hypocrisy is the essence of snobbery, but all snobbery is about the problem of belonging.”

“As high as we have mounted in delight, In our dejection do we sink as low.”