"One of the easiest things in the world to do is to tell other people how to raise their children. This is especially easy if you have no children of your own."

“O what a thing is age! Death without death's quiet.”

“At last I understood that the way over, or through this dilemma, the unease at writing about 'petty personal problems' was to recognize that nothing is personal, in the sense that it is uniquely one's own. Writing about oneself, one is writing about others, since your problems, pains, pleasures, emotions—and your extraordinary and remarkable ideas—can't be yours alone. [...] Growing up is after all only the understanding that one's unique and incredible experience is what everyone shares.”

“The naked figures in the landscape have willingly undressed for my camera. They are either perfect beings heroically occupying their Edens, or else they are gardeners after the Fall, lost and exposed to both the elements and the lens.”

“In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed.”

“Criticize on defense and encourage on offense.”

“I don't think you should have to try to be nice, I think most people are nice. I think being cheerful and nice is just a politeness.”

Source : Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

“There are a lot of influences from different countries in my music. For example, I chose the guitar in my music, I think that it is a feminine instrument, so when I do not sing, the music expresses my voice.”

Source : "Paulina Rubio...beauty without borders". AskMen Interview, www.askmen.com.

“There's the occasion when politicians will say things that are simply not true or that they make commitments that they have no intention of fulfilling. That is something that I think should not happen. That's a no-no. That's a third rail that you shouldn't touch.”

Source : "Malcolm Turnbull, Member for Wentworth". "Sunday Profile" with Monica Attard, www.abc.net.au. May 30, 2010.