"Money spent in complying with a regulation cannot be spent again on marketing or product research."

“For a while I couldn't leave the house by myself. Even if I was just grocery shopping alone, I'd get self-conscious.”

“When we share - that is poetry in the prose of life.”

“At the end of every year, I add up the time that I have spent on the phone on hold and subtract it from my age. I don't count that time as really living. I spend more and more time on hold each year. By the time I die, I'm going to be quite young.”

“With so much effort being poured into church growth, so much press being given to the benefits of faith, and so much flexing of religious muscle in the public square, the poor in spirit have no one but Jesus to call them blessed anymore.”

“I really don't have favorites; I'm just a fan of movies, period.”

“I appreciate the opportunity to continue to serve the people of our state.”

“Conflict cannot survive without your participation.”

“Rapping and singing are not two polar opposites. There's so much middle ground. And I think there's a lot of people who find that middle ground.”

Source : "Ian Astbury on the Death of the Rock Star". Interview with Mick Stingley, www.esquire.com. December 27, 2013.