"Avatar is a watershed movie. We'll always refer to Lawrence of Arabia in the same way. We'll always look at Avatar and say, "That's about as good as it gets." It's an enormous advance, in every way, shape and form, of movie making."

“[Deficits are] a yawner. We, as Republicans, have talked about deficits and balanced budgets since the days of Roosevelt, and the people simply haven't listened, because they can't relate to those huge numbers.”

“You have those walls up all around you...Come a day you gonna want to tear them down brick by brick and gonna find that the cement is all hard. What you gonna do then?”

“I work very deliberately, with a plan. But sometimes I come to a point that I planned as the end and it needs softening. Ending a novel is almost like putting a child to sleep - it can't be done abruptly.”

Source : "Colm Tóibín, novelist - portrait of the artist". Interview with Laura Barnett, www.theguardian.com. February 19, 2013.

“I don't think you should ever take life so serious that you forget to play.”

“To ask whether the natural rights philosophy of the Declaration of Independence is true or false, is essentially a meaningless question.”

Source : Carl L. Becker (2013). “Declaration of Independence: A Study in the History of Political Ideas”, p.188, Vintage

“Every language has its own music.”

“It's hard to be fully creative without structure and constraint. Try to paint without a canvas. Creativity and freedom are two sides of the same coin. I like the best of both worlds. Want freedom? Get organized. Want to get organized? Get creative.”

Source : David Allen (2011). “Ready For Anything: 52 productivity principles for work and life”, p.53, Hachette UK

“...in life it is often the tiny details that end up being the most important.”