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“We must respect the rights and properties of our fellowman. And then learn to play the game of life, as well as the game of athletics, according to the rules of society. If you can take that and put it into practice in the community in which you live, then, to me you have won the greatest championship.”
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“He had to feel those lips on him again. Had. To. This wasn’t a mild expression of preference. This was an imperative. His body was insistent. To continue his existence on this earth, he now needed the following: food, water, shelter, clothing, and Minerva Highwood’s lips.”
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“And is an ending always bad? it asked. Must not all things, even worlds, someday end?"There is no need to hasten that end," Vin said. "No reason to force it."All things are subject to their own nature, Vin, Ruin said, seeming to flow around her. She could feel its touch upon her - wet and delicate, like mist. You cannot blame me for being what I am. Without me, nothing would end. Nothing could end. And therefore, nothing could grow. I am life. Would you fight life itself?”
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“Bad teaching wastes a great deal of effort, and spoils many lives which might have been full of energy and happiness.”
Source : GILBERT HIGHET (1950). “THE ART OF TEACHING”
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“I've spent lots of time in London, I studied in London, I like London. It's just not my home.”
Source : "Here's Johnny ..." by Decca Aitkenhead, www.theguardian.com. March 13, 2006. 
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“What troubles me is not that movie stars run for office, but that they find it easy to get elected. It should be difficult. It should be difficult for millionaires, too.”
Source : Shana Alexander (1970). “The feminine eye”, McCall Pub. Co
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“As an athlete, when you least expect it, you may find yourself standing on the threshold of an accomplishment so monumental that it strikes fear into your soul. You must stand ready, at any moment, to face the unknown. You must be ready to walk boldly thru the wall of uncertainty.”
Source : John Bingham (1999). “The Courage To Start: A Guide To Running for Your Life”, p.74, Simon and Schuster
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“I prepare for my fights to well that I don't wanna give a chance to my opponent to crash my 'glass chin' as they say, so I'm knocking them in the way that I like.”
