"What is uncertain is how much further the bubble can expand, and what might pop it."

“There will be no more 'them and us', only us, sharing struggles and challenges as part of being human.”

“Distraction is the most corrosive disease of the 20th century.”

“When one door closes, find another." Kylie gazed back up. "And what if there isn't another door?" "Then you try the window." "And if there's not a window?" Kylie asked. "Then you find a sledgehammer and make a window.”

“There is a worse tyranny than that of ill-treatment. It is the tyranny of tears, vapours, appeals to feelings of affection and of gratitude!”

“When I got hoarse, the manager would say, 'Drink this. Joplin used to drink this,' and I used to say, 'Joplin? Joplin's dead”

“I always felt sorry for humans, spending so much time in front of the mirror. Fixing their hair, makeup, and clothes, mostly to impress others. Did they really see themselves in the mirror? Was it what they wanted to see? Did it make them feel good or bad? And mostly I wondered if they based their self-image on their reflected one.”

“All the other candidates are making speeches about how much they have done for their country, which is ridiculous. I haven't done anything yet, and I think it's just common sense to send me to Washington and make me do my share.”

Source : "How to Become President". Book by Gracie Allen, 1940.

“As long as young people feel they have got no hope but to blow themselves up you are never going to make progress.”

Source : "Cherie suicide bombing gaffe". Cherie Blair's speech at the launch of Medical Aid for Palestinians charity as quoted by Charles Reiss and Hugh Muir in "Evening Standard", June 18, 2002.