"Organized perception is what art is all about."

“My soul to-day Is far away Sailing the Vesuvian Bay.”

Source : Thomas Buchanan Read (1860). “Poems by Thomas Buchanan Read”, p.409

“Good governance is not fire-fighting or crisis-management. Instead of opting for ad-hoc solutions the need of the hour is to tackle the root cause of the problems.”

“The problem in narcissism is not the high ideals and ambitions, it's the difficulty one encounters when trying to give them body.”

“Love is like a rose, the joy of all the earth.”

“After I got disciplined I got introduced to football and then after that everything just took off for me. I had a lot of role models: the teachers, the coaches. Watching them give so much to so many students so they can be successful in life basically just ingrained in me that I think it's more gratifying for me to give back and than just to receive.”

Source : "The Secrets To Jerry Rice’s Hall Of Fame Football Career Can Be Found In Crawford, Mississippi". Interview with Chris Greenberg, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 22, 2013.

“I think in most cases, unless you're writing about a character who is garrulous, you say what you've got to say and then get out. Those little conjunctions, those little turnaround words help you do it. That's the way I like to write: I get rid of things rather than add them.”

“You can live your whole life not realizing that what you're looking for is right in front of you.”

“Look hard enough and you will always find a light...”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.