"Everyday interactions we have with other people are definitely contagious, in terms of happiness."

“For the law, the clarity of language and the finality of judgment is crucial, because you have to decide a case one way or another - whether it is criminal or civil or whatever. In ordinary life, you do not have to decide things with absolute finality. You do not have to decide on a theory in order to behave in a certain way towards other people.”

“Women need to feel loved and men need to feel needed.”

“No matter how many toys we amass we leave them behind when we die, just as we leave a broken environment, an economy that only benefits the richest, and a legacy of empowering greed over goodness. It is now time to commit to following a new path.”

Source : "Don’t Let the Robber Barons Fool You" by John Perkins, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 23, 2010.

“I don't know how to overcome this perception that I'm extravagant.”

“An acid is like a woman: a good one will eat through your pants.”

“A stranger is someone with whom you feel strange.”

Source : Bob Mandel, Robert Steven Mandel (1984). “Open Heart Therapy”

“Anxiety, depression, and suicide don't discriminate based on how much money you have - though it might make it easier for you to get help.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

“Nobody makes me do anything I don't want to do. It's my decision. So the biggest devil is me. I'm either my best friend or my worst enemy.”

Source : "Transcript: Whitney Houston: 'I'm a Person Who Has Life'". "Primetime" with Diane Sawyer, abcnews.go.com. December 4, 2002.