"That’s a divorce. You ever seen a divorce? That’s like her taking not only the furniture and the silverware -- she took the dog, too. (Harvick) didn’t get the animal, I would say."

“Externalists reject any such view. I think that the idea that we can tell, simply by way of reflection, whether our beliefs are justified, is deeply commonsensical. More than that, the idea that responsible epistemic agents ought to reflect on their beliefs, and hold them only if they somehow pass muster, is utterly natural.”

“My wife's the ugliest woman in the world - I'd sooner take her with me on tour, than kiss her goodbye.”

“But he is an Italian," was Umberto's sensible reply. "He doesn't care if you break some law a little bit, as long as you wear beautiful shoes. Are you wearing beautiful shoes? Are you wearing the shoes I gave you?...principessa?" I looked down at my flip-flops. "I guess I'm toast.”

Source : Anne Fortier (2010). “Juliet: A Novel”, p.32, Ballantine Books

“The translation process becomes a highly subjective thing - turning reds and blues into black-and-whiteness. It's really bizarre for me.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

“For the first time in his life, he stopped worrying about results, and as a consequence the terms “success” and “failure” had suddenly lost their meaning for him. The true purpose of art was not to create beautiful objects, he discovered. It was a method of understanding, a way of penetrating the world and finding one’s place in it, and whatever aesthetic qualities an individual canvas might have were almost an incidental by-product of the effort to engage oneself in this struggle, to enter into the thick of things.”

“It's very important for Taiwan to maintain its international contact.”

Source : "Talk Asia" with Anjali Rao, edition.cnn.com. February 13, 2007.

“Everyone on this island wants something kept quiet. I want to roar”

“Life can change in an instant; don't be so worried about the future that you forget to celebrate what you have right now.”

Source : Interview with Kat Tancock, www.canadianliving.com. January 22, 2007.