"Dying is nothing, but pain is a very serious matter."

“Unlike dragons, I love spicy salsa. In fact, the spicier the better. For me, the ideal taco toppings are chopped onion, some cilantro and a bit of lime juice. I like the classic Mexican style. I like crunchy, Tex-Mex, cheese-slathered too, but I prefer to keep it simple.”

Source : Source: www.sheknows.com

“Western European societies are unprepared for the massive immigration of brown-skinned peoples cooking strange foods and maintaining different standards of hygiene. All immigrants bring exotic customs and attitudes, but Muslim customs are more troublesome than most.”

Source : "The Muslims are Coming! The Muslims are Coming!" by Daniel Pipes, www.danielpipes.org. November 19, 1990.

“Design is both a political and cultural force for change, although most designers choose not to think about the power it has.”

“The greatest mathematicians, as Archimedes, Newton, and Gauss, always united theory and applications in equal measure.”

“What brings us to perfection? An ingrained faith in God, the 'faith that makes real the things for which we hope' (Heb. 11:1), the faith whereby Abel offered to God a better sacrifice than Cain and was commended as righteous (cf. Heb 11:4). It is such faith that fills those assiduous in the search for truth with great aspiration for the exalted gifts of God, and leads them to the spiritual knowledge of created beings; and it pours into their hearts the inexhaustible treasures of the Spirit.”

“But I have seen my obstacles: trivialities, learning and poetry. This last needs explaining: the old artist's readiness to dissolve characters into a haze. Characters cannot come alive and fight and guide the world unless the novelist wants them to remain characters.”

“Years, lovers, and glasses of wine. These are things that should never be counted.”

“To be honest, I think cell phones were invented by the devil.”