"Two days prior to the Herrick operation I repaired a double cleft lip, resected a recurrent cancer of the mouth, corrected lop ears in a child, and closed a burn of the buttocks."

“Our relatives form the natural setting of our childhood. We understand ourselves best and are best understood by others through the persons who came nearest to us in our earliest years.”

“They say you’re meant to live everyday as if it were your last, which I’ve always thought was daft, since no one would ever pay the gas bill if that was the case, but what if it were your first?”

“There is nothing better than strolling down the beach the way God made you.”

Source : "Hanging Loose, Willis". www.mirror.co.uk. April 14, 2006.

“Our contention has always been that Shakespeare is our greatest living author. If he can survive a season on Broadway, he must be.”

“Politicians wanted to mine the Grand Canyon for zinc and copper, and Theodore Roosevelt said, No.”

Source : "Presidential historian Douglas Brinkley". "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. January 24, 2011.

“How come I love having an episode of deja vu? It's akin to an out-of-body experience, I would think. It sits with me, happily, begging me to delve into my memory to find its match point.”

“When you give false information you tend to restrict the freedom of choice to others.”

Source : Randal Marlin (2013). “Propaganda and the Ethics of Persuasion - Second Edition”, p.153, Broadview Press

“Buddhists and Taoists of the mainland, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan share the same roots and instructions and have always maintained sound exchanges.”