"Unarmed hand-to-hand fighting does not change through the ages; only the name changes, and it has only one rule: do it first, do it fast, do it dirtiest."

“So far as musical pedagogy is concerned - And by extension of musical creation - Nadia Boulanger is the most influential person who ever lived”

“I can't even say 'hair pie,'' I told him, 'unless I'm talking about an actual pie made out of rabbits....”

“The soft bigotry of low expectations”

“It is always the same with mountains. Once you have lived with them for any length of time, you belong to them. There is no escape.”

Source : Ruskin Bond (2003). “Rain in the Mountains: Notes from the Himalayas”, p.92, Penguin Books India

“Caught like a leaf in the wind Lookin' for a friend Where can you turn Whisper the words of a prayer and you'll find Him there Arms open wide, love in His eyes Jesus - He meets you where you are Jesus - He heals your secret scars All the love you're looking for is Jesus The friend of a wounded heart”

“When you’re stuck in a spiral, to change all aspects of the spin you need only to change one thing.”

“I find that as you get older, you start to simplify things in general.”

Source : "George Clooney Not A Fan Of Social Media" by Nationalledger.com, September 23, 2011.

“We are living in complex, difficult times and I wanted Syriana to reflect this complexity in a visceral way, to embrace it narratively. There are no good guys and no bad guys and there are no easy answers. The characters do not have traditional character arcs; the stories don't wrap up in neat little life lessons, the questions remain open. The hope was that by not wrapping everything up, the film will get under your skin in a different way and stay with you longer. This seemed like the most honest reflection of this post 9-11 world we all find ourselves in.”