"I remember my friends at primary and secondary school admiring my work and even paying me money for some of my pieces."

“Hear not ill of a friend, nor speak any of an enemy.”

“My limited experience of such things told me that you get closest to the truth by not giving it advance warning that you're coming after it.”

Source : "The Lonely Dead". Book by Michael Marshall Smith, 2004.

“No man can ever be secure until he has been forsaken by Fortune.”

Source : Boethius (2012). “The Consolation of Philosophy”, p.18, Courier Corporation

“Conservatism has always been about reforming government and solving problems, and that's why the conservative movement should lead on immigration reform.”

“An ancient gnarled tree: Too fibrous for a logger's saw, Too twisted to fit a carpenter's square, Outlasts the whole forest.”

Source : Ming-Dao Deng (2013). “365 Tao: Daily Meditations”, p.38, Harper Collins

“But the war on terror as I have repeatedly said in the past, and the Afghan people believe in it, in truth, is that the war on terror is not in the Afghan villages or homes. Its in the sanctuaries, it is in the training grounds, its in the motivation factors and the money that comes to it.”

“I believe we come to earth with sealed orders. I believe that only those who lack passion look down on purpose.”

“Bob Arum and Don King can do their thing but if I fought for those guys and they put the money up like they are supposed to then I don't have a problem.”