"A charging black rhinoceros is nothing to mess with. When it is headed straight toward you, it is the ultimate exercise in sphincter control. In my case, it was a strange bit of weather that caused one to charge me."

“Quite like old times,' the room says.”

“It is interesting to see how humans would act if they knew there were never any consequences for their actions because the next day they could wake up and just redo it.”

Source : Source: www.theskanner.com

“Now, I can't help but feel inferior. When I'm out in public in Afghanistan, I feel inferior because I'm doing everything I can to stay hidden, silent. I feel inferior because I am seeing firsthand the impact of America's foreign policy and can't help but feel like a living, breathing representation of that - despite my own personal views about that policy. It reinforces to me that I want to be part of the solution - and I want my work to be part of the solution - not part of the problem.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com

“I didn't come from a traditional Tory background; it was urban and metropolitan.”

“What does a mirror look at?”

“If perfect's what you're searching for, then just stay the same.”

Source : Song: Just the Way You Are, 2010

“If you are as happy in entering the White House as I shall feel on returning to Wheatland, you are a happy man indeed.”

Source : James Buchanan, United States. President (1857-1861 : Buchanan) (1968). “James Buchanan, 1791-1868: chronology, documents, bibliographical aids”, Oceana Pubns

“The societies that work build an infrastructure of care as well as an infrastructure of capitalism.”