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“And, lastly, to vindicate these rights, when actually violated and attacked, the subjects of England are entitled, in the first place, to the regular administration and free course of justice in the courts of law; next to the right of petitioning the king and parliament for redress of grievances; and, lastly, to the right of having and using arms for self preservation and defense.”
Source : William Blackstone (2016). “Commentaries on the Laws of England: Of the Rights of People”, p.97, Oxford University Press
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“I still don't like going to bed alone.”
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“my Mamá Grande, a tiny Mayan woman, took me aside when I was an adolescent and told me several things that didn't make a bit of sense to my young and inattentive ears, and as young people tend to waste all attempts of our elders to relay to us wisdom accumulated over the decades, I thought my Mamá Grande had a few mice in the attic.”
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“Far more important throughout the rest of science is the ability to form concepts, during which the researcher conjures images and processes by intuition.”
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“Learning to draw is really a matter of learning to see - to see correctly - and that means a good deal more than merely looking with the eye.”
Source : Kimon Nicolaïdes (1990). “The Natural Way to Draw: A Working Plan for Art Study”, p.5, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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“I'm fortunate that I'm employed. And if you're in show business, of course, every night you go to bed and go, oh my god, tomorrow I'll never, ever work again.”
Source : "'Canadian Jon Stewart' Explains Thanksgiving". Interview with Scott Simon, www.npr.org. October 9, 2010. 
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“The truth is always more powerful and stronger than love, because the love becomes powerless in the absence of the truth.”
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“The greatest problem we face is the growing number of people living in poverty. The related sense of hopelessness has to be impacting on every part of environmental management.”
Source : Interview, content.time.com. April 11, 1999.
