"When the storms of life strike, it's what happens in you that will determine what happens to you."

“Who can tell what metals the gods use in forging the subtle bond which we call sympathy, which we might as well call love.”

“Animals feed themselves; men eat; but only wise men know the art of eating”

Source : Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (2009). “The Physiology of Taste: or Meditations on Transcendental Gastronomy”, p.15, Vintage

“At the end of the day, the goals are simple: safety and security.”

“I was a workhorse; there was never a practice that I didn't enjoy.”

“As piety, religion and morality have a happy influence on the minds of men, in their public as well as private transactions, you will not think it unseasonable, although I have frequently done it, to bring to your remembrance the great importance of encouraging our University, town schools, and other seminaries of education, that our children and youth while they are engaged in the pursuit of useful science, may have their minds impressed with a strong sense of the duties they owe to their God.”

“Silence and simplicity obtrude on no one, but are yet two unequaled attractions in woman.”

“Just for fun, I'm really goofy and I would love to do some stupid comedy. I'm talking, like, crazy, out there, Will Ferrell type of thing. I love it; I think those movies are so funny.”

Source : "Jaimie Alexander Talks THE LAST STAND, Training for the Role, Performing Her Own Stunts and THOR: THE DARK WORLD". Interview with Dave Trumbore, collider.com. January 15, 2013.

“Treat with utmost respect your power of forming opinions, for this power alone guards you against making assumptions that are contrary to nature and judgments that overthrow the rule of reason.”