"Brooklyn has become a brand, and it represents something, and there is this tension between the old and new world."

“But what will he do when he sees only too clearly why his patient is ill; when he sees that it arises from his having no love, but only sexuality; no faith, because he is afraid to grope in the dark; no hope, because he is disillusioned by the world and by life; and no understanding, because he has failed to read the meaning of his own existence?”

“There is a myth that the purpose of education is to give one the means for upward mobility and success. The plain truth is that the planet does not need more successful people. But it does need desperately more peacemakers, healers, restorers, story tellers, and lovers of every shape and form.”

“Young normal tigers do not eat people. If eaten by a tiger you may rest assured he was abnormal.”

Source : Will Cuppy, P. G. Wodehouse (2005). “How to Tell Your Friends from the Apes”, p.107, David R. Godine Publisher

“Spectators often express disfavor of fair decisions.”

Source : HELEN WILLS “TENNIS”

“A lot has changed for Germany since 2010. Back then it was not certain that I would be the number one. Now I'm glad about the responsibility I take for the team.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“Parents are not interested in justice, they're interested in peace and quiet.”

Source : Twitter post from Nov 03, 2009

“What seems today inconceivable will appear one day, from a higher stand point, quite simple and harmonious.”

“How can you worry about pleasing people [critics] and what they're going to think? How can you do anything creative if the whole thing is motivated by trying to please somebody else? To me, the whole idea of what I thought art, or music, or anything creative was about pleasing yourself and hoping that whatever you're creating will reach someone else who'll see it on that level. To worry about someone picking it apart and discussing it element for element, and trying to knock you down or weaken it in any way doesn't amount to anything but a waste of paper.”