"A good setter is like a waiter."

“A few days after we came home from the hospital, I sent a letter to a friend, including a photo of my son and some first impressions of fatherhood. He responded, simply, 'Everything is possible again.' It was the perfect thing to write, because that was exactly how it felt. We could retell our stories and make them better, more representative or aspirational. Or we could choose to tell different stories. The world itself had another chance.”

“A yogi never forgets that health must begin with the body. . . .Physical health is not a commodity to be bargained for. Nor can it be swallowed in the form of drugs and pills. . . . It is something that we must build up. You have to create within yourself the experience of beauty, liberation, and infinity. This is health.”

“Perfectionism is a dangerous state of mind in an imperfect world.”

“It is apparent at first glance that in The Double there is more creative talent and depth of thought than in Poor Folk. But meanwhile the consensus of St. Petersburg readers is that this novel is intolerably long-winded and therefore terribly boring...”

“I would like to get married, actually. I've done everything else in my life now except that, but where do I find the real thing? The non-phony? In Los Angeles? I am not so sure.”

“I don't think there is any coach more sophisticated than me any more.”

Source : "Sam Allardyce: the big man gets the biggest job in football" by Andrew Anthony, www.theguardian.com. July 23, 2016.

“But, is it possible for princes and ministers to be enlightened, when private individuals are not so?”

“Transformation is something I cannot explain - too much analysis might destroy it.”