"Personal publicity is apt to be dangerous to any writer's integrity; for the moment he begins to fancy himself as quite a person, a taint creeps into his work."

“All physical and economic tests that may be devised are worthless if the immigrant, through racial or other inherently antipathetic conditions, cannot be more or less readily assimilated...”

“Boxers are role models for a lot of young people. The sporting aspects should always be more important than business aspects.”

Source : Source: www.boxinginsider.com

“Bond investors want growth much like equity investors, and to the extent that too much austerity leads to recession or stagnation then credit spreads widen out - even if a country can print its own currency and write its own cheques.”

Source : "Eurozone crisis live: Brussels hints at austerity rethink as opposition mounts - as it happened" by Graeme Wearden, www.theguardian.com. April 22, 2013.

“Winter makes a bridge between one year and another and, in this case, one century and the next.”

“This won't look so good in my obituary," Schaffer said dolefully. There was a perceptible edge of strain under the lightly-spoken words."Gave his life for his country in a ladies' lavatory in Upper Bavaria.”

“What's the most outrageous thing I've ever done? Let's just say I don't think I've done it yet. The most outrageous thing is yet to come.”

“I think 'Hero' is not a real martial arts movie; it is not about violence, or formula.”

“In China the underworld and officialdom have interpenetrated and become one. Criminal elements have become officialized as officials have become criminalized.”

Source : Xiaobo Liu, E. Perry Link, Tienchi Martin-Liao (2012). “No Enemies, No Hatred”, p.102, Harvard University Press