"It doesn't matter what one says; it matters what one does."

“In the Miss America system talent is worth 50 percent of a contestant's points so my mom encouraged me to give it a try. And once I decided to do it, like anything else, I gave it 110 percent.”

Source : Source: frankviola.org

“The compulsory transfer of the [Palestinian] Arabs from the valleys of the proposed Jewish state could give us something which we never had, even when we stood on our own during the days of the first and second Temples. . . We are given an opportunity which we never dared to dream of in our wildest imaginings. This is MORE than a state, government and sovereignty----this is national consolidation in a free homeland.”

“The moment of crisis had come, and I must face it. My old fears, my diffidence, my shyness, my hopeless sense of inferiority, must be conquered now and thrust aside. If I failed now I should fail forever.”

“The painting is always done very much with [the model's] co-operation. The problem with painting a nude, of course, is that it deepens the transaction. You can scrap a painting of someone's face and it imperils the sitter's self-esteem less than scrapping a painting of the whole naked body.”

“Don't try to sail your ship now by how the wind is going to be in three days. You have to sail with the winds are they are now.”

“The beliefs I was raised with - to respect animals and to be aware of nature, to understand that we share this planet with other creatures - have had a huge impact on me.”

Source : "Stella McCartney: 'Fashion people are pretty heartless'" by Jess Cartner-Morley, www.theguardian.com. October 4, 2009.

“Power-over is resorted to time without number because people will not wait for the slower process of education.”

“Virtue cannot dwell with slaves, nor reign O'er those who cower to take a tyrant's yoke.”

Source : William Cullen Bryant, “The Ages”