"When I was young, I thought banks were there to protect the assets of people who had justified concerns, because of their experiences under communism for example."

“When there is information, there is enlightenment. When there is debate, there are solutions.”

“Ledisi means to come here, to bring forth. It’s a Nigerian word and it’s from the Yorubu culture, I believe, and my parents named me, my dad and my mom, and really my dad, and I had no choice in that. That’s my real name and that’s what it means.”

Source : Jazz Monthly Interview, www.jazzmonthly.com.

“I didn't like children. I didn't think of myself as a child. I didn't like any of the things other children were interested in.”

“I've always been sort of a closet sci-fi geek.”

“From one point of view becoming is a humiliation, and from another a royal procession.”

“After working for TV, you realise that the majority of the population still wonders where their next meal is coming from.”

“The interior of Mexico consists of a mass of volcanic rocks, thrust up to a great height above the sea-level.”

Source : Edward Burnett Tylor (1861). “Anahuac; Or, Mexico and the Mexicans: Ancient and Modern”, p.27

“If ever peace is to be imposed on the world it will only be because a large number of men who could have taken part in the drill display by the Guards or Marines or at the Royal Tournament turn that strength and precision to the service of life.”