"the voluntary relinquishing of responsibility for our lives and our actions is one of the greatest enemies of our time."

“Every man has a specific skill, whether it is discovered or not, that more readily and naturally comes to him than it would to another, and his own should be sought and polished. He excels best in his niche - originality loses its authenticity in one's efforts to obtain originality.”

“Anyone who hates something feels threatened by it. A guy who says he hates feminism (a) doesn't understand or know feminism, and (b) is scared of powerful women. Most attacks come from fear.”

“Don't give your money to the church. They should be giving their money to you.”

“As we search for a less extractive and polluting economic order, so that we may fit agriculture into the economy of a sustainable culture, community becomes the locus and metaphor for both agriculture and culture.”

Source : Wes Jackson (2015). “Becoming Native to This Place”, p.50, Counterpoint

“You're in bad shape when your emotions force you into acts which you know are foolish.”

“On the streets, unrequited love and death go together almost as often as in Shakespeare.”

Source : Scott Turow (2014). “The Laws of our Fathers”, p.22, Pan Macmillan

“Every film is a crapshoot. It's a mystery when a movie comes together. I've never been able to figure it out. I don't know how I make my choices. The only thing you can do is know there's something about a character that you really want to experience.”

Source : "Elisabeth Shue: Shue Shines Again". Interview with Lawrence Grobel, movieline.com. August 1, 2000.

“I have a high self-opinion - I don't need to hide that. I don't need to be self-deprecating.”

Source : "Levine's just a singer in a band" by Donna Freydkin, usatoday30.usatoday.com. June 25, 2012.