"I want to be my own player. I want to be Julius Peppers. I don't want to be the next Lawrence Taylor. I don't want to have to live with his legacy."

“You change or you hide your head in the sand.”

Source : "Tony Gilroy on The Bourne Legacy: 'Fear changes everything'" by Catherine Shoard, www.theguardian.com. August 16, 2012.

“The short answer is, yes, I think I have become a better singer.”

“Hearing is believing...a magician with the piano.”

“A discovery is like falling in love and reaching the top of a mountain after a hard climb all in one, an ecstasy not induced by drugs but by the revelation of a face of nature that no one has seen before and that often turns out to be more subtle and wonderful than anyone had imagined.”

“The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.”

“Integrity makes my job easier. It's deception and dishonesty that requires so much diligent effort.”

Source : Bobby Bowden, Steve Bowden (2001). “The Bowden Way: 50 Years of Leadership Wisdom”, p.41, Taylor Trade Publications

“I can't live one day without hearing music, playing it , studying it , or thinking about it .”

Source : Leonard Bernstein (2007). “The Infinite Variety of Music”, p.10, Amadeus Press

“I was an embarrassment to the department when they did research assessment exercises. A message would go round the department: 'Please give a list of your recent publications.' And I would send back a statement: 'None.'”

Source : "Peter Higgs: I wouldn't be productive enough for today's academic system" by Decca Aitkenhead, www.theguardian.com. December 6, 2013.