"I was born in 1928 and by 1931 the Depression was beginning to mount."

“The day of the absolute is over, and we're in for the strange gods once more.”

“I became the head of the household. I went to school in the morning and sold wines all afternoon until seven o'clock in the evening.”

Source : Emanuel Celler (1953). “You Never Leave Brooklyn: The Autobiography of Emanuel Celler”

“If you are open-minded and ready to learn, there are many things which you can learn not only from books and instructores but form the very life experience itself.”

“Knowing lots of answers but being a millisecond slow on the buzzer is indeed very frustrating.”

Source : "Jeopardy! Champ Ken Jennings". Live Chat, live.washingtonpost.com. February 15, 2011.

“The church is like manure. Pile it up, and it stinks up the neighborhood. Spread it out, and it enriches the world.”

“Bill Gates wants people to think he's Edison, when he's really Rockefeller. Referring to Gates as the smartest man in America isn't right... wealth isn't the same thing as intelligence.”

“Anybody can be a great photographer if they zoom in enough on what they love.”

Source : "The old Bailey" by Simon Hattenstone, www.theguardian.com. July 29, 2002.

“A celebrity is any well-known TV or movie star who looks like he spends more than two hours working on his hair.”