"I think increasingly consumers are judging the quality of their travel and hotel experiences by their ability to have access to basic technologies, including Wi-Fi."

“I also have to support my speaking voice by sitting in a way that engages the diaphragm in the way I would for singing.”

Source : "Soprano soundtrack" by Will Hodgkinson, www.theguardian.com. December 19, 2003.

“We are living in a world where everything is based on security.”

“Are you still thinking, looking, living, as from an imaginary phenomenal centre? As long as you do that you can never recognise your freedom.”

Source : Wei Wu Wei (2004). “Open Secret”, p.52, Sentient Publications

“I make people laugh for a living. I believe I can say objectively that what I do I do as well as anybody. Just say I'm one of the best broken field runners that ever lived. For 35 years I was a cult hero, an underground funny.”

“You have to be able to play: this is spontaneous interaction, and it flexes all the creative muscles you need as a writer. And empathy is one of those muscles.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net

“Love is a great beautifier.”

Source : Louisa May Alcott (2015). “The Complete Little Women Series: Little Women, Good Wives, Little Men, Jo's Boys: The Beloved Classics of American Literature: The coming-of-age series based on the author’s own childhood experiences with her three sisters”, p.231, e-artnow

“I think the true test of a pop song, for me, and I've talked to a lot of other writers about this, is you take your demo, you pop it in your car and you drive down Sunset Blvd. to Santa Monica, and that's the Hollywood car test.”

Source : "OneRepublic's Ryan Tedder on Hitmaking, Writer's Block and the Song That Got Away (Q&A)" by Michele Amabile Angermiller, www.hollywoodreporter.com. February 06, 2013.

“...that heaven might be no further afield than the hearts of those people who remember us with love.”

Source : Ari Berk (2012). “Death Watch”, p.397, Simon and Schuster