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“Most kids dream of scoring the perfect goal. I've always dreamed of stopping it.”
Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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“[Drawing should be] a journey of pleasure. Each step must present to the travellers' view objects that are eminently interesting, varied in their appearances, and attracting to such a degree as to excite in each individual thus happily employed the desire of knowing all respecting all he sees.”
Source : John James Audubon, Christoph Irmscher (1999). “Writings and drawings”
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“Dare to begin! He who postpones living rightly is like the rustic who waits for the river to run out before he crosses.”
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“To eat well, I always disagree with critics who say that all restaurants should be fine dining. You can get a Michelin star if you serve the best hamburger in the world.”
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“A novel must be a rich forest known at the start only by instinct.”
Source : Dawn Powell (2001). “Novels, 1930-1942”
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“Postcolonialism is the invention of some rich guys from India who saw that they could make a good career in top Western universities by playing on the guilt of white liberals.”
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“Even before President [Barack] Obama announced actions aimed at tightening controls on gun purchases, sales were up, partly in reaction to terrorist attacks in Paris and San Bernardino. Gun dealers say the president's initiatives have spurred sales. At the same time, polling shows more than two thirds of Americans support the president's proposals, including a majority of gun owners.”
Source : Source: www.wbur.org
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“I'm really proud of you for having come this far — every single one of you, wherever you are, you're on your way — you are getting there! And — don't worry so much! Just — that's what we need to stop doing — stop worrying so much, and start observing a little bit more.”
Source : "Self Esteem". YouTube video, www.youtube.com. May 31, 2007.