"A thicket of summer grass / Is all that remains / Of the dreams of ancient warriors."

“We stay true to our values, and that's very people-centric, and taking care of our drivers, and drivers taking care of our passengers, and what we're seeing now is a driver preference and a passenger preference for Lyft.”

Source : Source: www.vanityfair.com

“hark, now hear the sailors cry, smell the sea, and feel the sky let your soul & spirit fly, into the mystic...”

Source : "Song: 'Into the Mystic'". 1970.

“The federal government is a machine designed to increase its control over the lives of average Americans. It is constantly probing here, pushing there, and generally increasing its control. Without a philosophically sound, constitutionally based political party opposing that process, it is going to continue to do so with impunity.”

“I keep writing children’s books, I keep making children’s books, because I still have them inside of me.”

“Italy even in the future will not need aid from the European Financial Stability Fund.”

“When what has been created in time according to the temporal order has reached maturity, it ceases from natural growth. But when what has been brought about by the knowledge of God through the practice of the virtues has reached maturity, it starts to grow anew. For the end of one stage constitutes the starting point of the next.”

“Unpredictability. Accidents. Not good when you’re engaging in, say, brain surgery, but when lighting...wonderful!”

Source : Joe McNally (2008). “The Moment It Clicks: Photography secrets from one of the world's top shooters”, p.100, Pearson Education

“Nothing lasts forever ... pain and troubles included.”