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“Habit is the ballast that chains the dog to his vomit.”
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“Just in terms of being able to be a professional artist, but also it's nice to not have to dread introductions. "What you do for a living?" It used to be easier just to tell people that I was a magazine illustrator than try to explain that I did comics, but not the kind of comics that they were used to, and no, it's not pornography, etc. And now people even of our parents' generation are familiar with the term "graphic novel," which is kind of amazing.”
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“It is easier to seize wealth than to produce it, and as long as the State makes the seizure of wealth a matter of legalized privilege, so long will the squabble for that privilege go on.”
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“No, I'm not interested in developing a powerful brain. All I'm after is just a mediocre brain, something like the President of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company.”
Source : Quoted in Andrew Hodges, Alan Turing: The Enigma of Intelligence (1983)
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“Today I detach from other people's dramas. I love them and pray for them. I am a role model of peace for them. But I no longer rescue them, or put my own needs last. It is my right to be happy and to help others as I feel lovingly guided instead from guilt or obligation. I respect my feelings and expect others to do so too. And so it is!”
Source : FaceBook post by Doreen Virtue from Aug 15, 2012 
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“I never thought of Kim Basinger in terms of age. For me she embodies woman with her subtleties and intricacies. She's sensual and intellectually engaging, elegant with a very strong personal style.”
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“That penny farthing hell you call your mind”
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“It's hard to close the door on optimistic expectations when you love someone.”
Source : Dennis Lehane (2011). “A Drink Before The War”, p.185, Random House
