"Pain? Yes, of course. Racing without pain is not racing. But the pleasure of being ahead outweighed the pain a million times over. To hell with the pain. What's six minutes of pain compared to the pain they're going to feel for the next six months or six decades. You never forget your wins and losses in this sport. YOU NEVER FORGET."

“Commerce has set the mark of selfishness, the signet of its all-enslaving power, upon a shining ore, and called it gold: before whose image bow the vulgar great, the vainly rich, the miserable proud, the mob of peasants, nobles, priests, and kings, and with blind feelings reverence the power that grinds them to the dust of misery.”

“Don't play the saxophone. Let it play you.”

Source : "Words of Wisdom". Book edited by William Safire and Leonard Safir, p. 435, 1990.

“Joel Cairo: You always have a very smooth explanation ready. Sam Spade: What do you want me to do, learn to stutter?”

“The character that lasts is an ordinary guy with some extraordinary qualities.”

“How could I, blest with thee, long nights employ; And how with the longest day enjoy!”

Source : Tibullus, Gerard Van der Gucht (1720). “The Works of Tibullus: Containing His Four Books of Love Elegies”, p.199

“There is certainly something in angling that tends to produce a serenity of the mind.”

“People want to avoid the past. I suppose that's natural. When we tally up all we've said and done over the years, despite the wonderful memories, the regrets may be fewer but stand out more prominently, glowing coals that we can never quite extinguish, try though we might”

Source : Jeffery Deaver (2011). “Edge: A Novel”, p.297, Simon and Schuster

“What's so brave about being bald? I've not fought for my country or found the cure for cancer - I've just gone out without my hat on!”

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