"It is easier for women to succeed in business, the arts, and politics in America than in Europe."

“Woe to the Revolution when the day comes, when the people, overburdened by contributions and consumed by abuses, turn to their enemies for salvation!”

“Give up as much as you're willing to receive back and give yourself, if that makes any sense. Whatever that is, don't expect more from a person than what you're willing to give, but give it knowing that you're giving it - it's been given, so don't expect anything else.”

Source : "IN THE MIDDLE OF SOMEWHERE WITH AVA DUVERNAY AND EMAYATZY CORINEALDI". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 9, 2012.

“The greatest evil that fortune can bring to men is to endow them with feeble resources and yet to make them ambitious.”

“You can dress it up, but it comes down to the fact that a movie is only as good as its script.”

“Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact.”

“For Myrth prolongeth lyfe, and causeth health.”

Source : Nicholas Udall (1869). “Roister Doister: Written, Probably Also Represented, Before 1553”, p.10

“Because I cannot sleep i make music in the night”

“Even when your body does nothing, sin can be active in your mind. When your soul inwardly repulses the evil one's attack by means of prayer, attention, remembrance of death, godly sorrow and mourning the body, too, takes its share of holiness, having acquired freedom from evil actions. This is what the Lord meant by saying that someone who cleans the outside of the cup has not cleansed it inside, but clean the inside and the whole cup will be clean”

Source : Saint Gregory Palamas, Christopher Veniamin, Monastery of St. John the Baptist (Essex, England) (2009). “The homilies”, Mount Thabor Pub