"The Jewish people, no matter where they are, they become the best in the world."

“A nation's exchange rate is the single most important price in its economy; it will influence the entire range of individual prices, imports and exports, and even the level of economic activity. So it is hard for any government to ignore large swings in its exchange rate...”

Source : Paul A. Volcker, Toyoo Gyohten (1992). “Changing fortunes: the world's money and the threat to American leadership”, Crown

“I don't like to hear someone put down dixieland. Those people who say there's no music but bop are just stupid; it shows how much they don't know.”

“I believe that when death closes our eyes we shall awaken to a light, of which our sunlight is but the shadow.”

“He that would live in peace and at ease must not speak all he knows or all he sees.”

“Almost all the ideas we have about being a man or being a woman are so burdened with pain, anxiety, fear and self-doubt. For many of us, the confusion around this question is excruciating.”

“I change, like every single normal person.”

Source : "Kevin Pietersen: I love playing for England but set-up has to change". Interview with Kevin Mitchell, www.theguardian.com.

“Desire is everything, not talent. It's the degree of one's desire that will dictate the extent of one's success, in any endeavour.”

“A calm environment is for after I finish work.”