"I just wonder what has been the effect on the human soul of nearly a century in which we have regarded sex on screen as generally better than the sex we actually have, the sex which is, in fact, much better than anything we have seen in the movies, becuase it's sex, after all, and in the movies, it isn't."

“My family's story isn't special. What's special is the America that makes our story possible. Ours is a nation like no other, a place where great journeys can be made in a single generation. No matter who you are or where you come from, the path is always forward.”

Source : FaceBook post by Julian Castro from Sep 05, 2012

“I think there is something to being curious about your choices, but not wanting to kind of pierce the bubble of them, because it takes away from the act of discovering.”

“I never really sounded like Bird, but that was my mission. I didn't care if people said that I copied him; I loved Bird's playing so much. But Mingus was the one that really pushed me away from the idea and forced me into thinking about having an individual sound and concept. That's what I got from Mingus.”

“Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans.”

Source : "Song: 'Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)' ('Double Fantasy')". 1980.

“I have not told the half of what I saw.”

“Sometimes the Lord rides out the storm with us and other times He calms the restless sea around us. Most of all, He calms the storm inside us in our deepest inner soul.”

Source : Lloyd John Ogilvie (1987). “12 steps to living without fear”, W Publishing Group

“It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it.”

“I don't want to produce anyone that doesn't want to be produced by me.”