"The Turkey deal can only be Plan B. Plan A needs to be a strong Europe that is prepared to defend its external borders on its own. If we do not do that, then we are living in a Europe that is dependent - on other countries, and possibly even on personalities like President Erdogan. And dependency is dangerous."

“Magic is another word that makes people uneasy, so I use it deliberately, because words they are comfortable with, the words that sound acceptable, rational, scientific, and intellectually sound, are comfortable precisely because they are the language of estrangement.”

“I believe in the God-given genius of certain individuals, and I value a society that makes their existence possible.”

Source : Kenneth Clark (2015). “Civilisation”, p.220, Hachette UK

“Leadership is a series of behaviors rather than a role for heroes.”

“Youth is the spirit of adventure and awakening. It is a time of physical emerging when the body attains the vigor and good health that may ignore the caution of temperance. Youth is a period of timelessness when the horizons of age seem too distant to be noticed.”

“There's no music in rest, but there's the making of music in it. And people are always missing that part of the life melody, always talking of perseverance and courage and fortitude; but patience is the finest and worthiest part of fortitude, and the rarest, too.”

“Bad things happen when good people pretend nothing is wrong.”

Source : Corey Taylor (2012). “Seven Deadly Sins: Settling the Argument Between Born Bad and Damaged Good”, p.30, Da Capo Press

“We cannot even recollect the actions of our infancy, our childhood is like something written on a slate and rubbed off.”

“Gay marriage! That's a huge change and a huge win-win for feminism.”