"Don't join too many gangs. Join few if any. Join the United States and join the family- But not much in between unless a college."

“I often think about death and it saddens me to leave this world and not be able to paint more. I love it so much,”

Source : "Fernando Botero: Colombian Artist Turns 80 And Has No Plans To Retire" by Laura Steiner, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 19, 2012.

“And what is Life? - An hour-glass on the run”

Source : John Clare (1820). “Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery”, p.35

“It is said that water is for cattle and farmers, that milk is for children and blood for men.”

Source : Walter M. Miller Jr. (1959). “A CANTICLE FOR LEIBOWITZ”

“Convey your passion and link your strengths to measurable results. Employers and interviewers love concrete data.”

“In general all celebrities, no matter how they became a celebrity, or if they're an actor or singer or a model, whatever it is - that people are people and people have problems and there's nothing wrong with that at all.”

“Whoever gives reverence receives reverence”

“The political machine triumphs because it is a united minority acting against a divided majority.”

Source : Will Durant (1929). “The Mansions of Philosophy: A Survey of Human Life and Destiny”, Garden City, N.Y. : Garden City Publishing Company

“I don't recognize myself in the players I see today. There's only one who excites me, and that is Thierry Henry. He's not just a great footballer, he's a showman, an entertainer.”