"all large cities are alike at night."

“My whole career has been trying to please people in basketball. Now it's time to please myself.”

“As a writer, I think your first job is to find a subject that you think you and others will find inherently interesting.”

“And at that moment, a lilting melody lifts to the moon as a single sparrow sings.”

“My bottom line is that monetary policy should react to rising prices for houses or other assets only insofar as they affect the central bank's goal variables - output, employment, and inflation.”

Source : "In 2004 Janet Yellen Feared Housing Bust But Did Not Raise Public Alarm" by Marilyn W. Thompson, Ann Saphir, and Alister Bull, www.businessinsider.com. October 30, 2013.

“Whenever feeling downcast, each person should vitally remember, "For my sake, the entire world was created."”

“The Magnificent Seven was really kind of a miraculous event that took place in my life.”

“I'm an average, everyday girl.”

Source : "'Kick-Ass' Star Chloe Moretz Is One Of 10 To Watch In 2010". Interview with Larry Carroll, www.mtv.com. January 19, 2010.

“You have the army of mediocrities followed by the multitude of fools. As the mediocrities and the fools always form the immense majority, it is impossible for them to elect an intelligent government.”

Source : Guy de Maupassant (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Guy de Maupassant (Illustrated)”, p.1129, Delphi Classics