"We don't want to fight, but by jingo if we do, We've got the ships, we've got the men, we've got the money too."

“If anything or anyone distresses you, think how you'll feel a week - a month - a year later. If you can imagine yourself being happy and peaceful then, why waste all that time? Be happy and peaceful now.”

“You've got to trust [that] your own compass will lead you away from whatever mistakes were made.”

Source : "Producer Roundtable: 6 Filmmakers on 'Compton' Threats, Tarantino Outbursts and the Truth Behind a 'Star Wars' 'Firing'". Interview with Stephen Galloway and Matthew Belloni, www.hollywoodreporter.com. November 11, 2015.

“Most elegantly finished in all parts, [the hummingbird] is a miniature work of our Great Parent, who seems to have formed it the smallest, and at the same time the most beautiful of the winged species.”

“You must ingratiate yourself with those who can help you. Flatter them to their faces. Praise them to others who will carry your words back to them.”

Source : Chin-Ning Chu (2010). “Thick Face, Black Heart: The Warrior Philosophy for Conquering the Challenges of Business and Life”, p.182, Hachette UK

“The business of philosophy is to circumnavigate human nature.”

Source : Julius Charles Hare, Augustus William Hare (1861). “Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers: From the Fifth London Ed”, p.434

“I do feel like an outsider, but I don't lose any sleep over it.”

Source : "This much I know". Interview with Luke Bainbridge, www.theguardian.com. May 2, 2009.

“I have a huge breakfast every morning because I never know if I'll have time for lunch, especially during Fashion Week. It keeps my mood positive all day. And my parents taught me to have tons of fruit and vegetables, which I think helps my skin.”

“The principles of justice are chosen behind a veil of ignorance.”

Source : John Rawls (2009). “A Theory of Justice”, p.11, Harvard University Press