"I had a chair at every hearth, When no one turned to see, With 'Look at that old fellow there, 'And who may he be?"

“I definitely don't want to achieve some kind of rock star status.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

“What precious drops are those, Which silently each other's track pursue, Bright as young diamonds in their faint dew?”

“Compassion is more important than intellect in calling forth the love that the work of peace needs, and intuition can often be a far more powerful searchlight than cold reason.”

Source : Betty Williams' Nobel Lecture in Oslo, Norway, www.nobelprize.org. December 11, 1977.

“The cat seldom interferes with other people's rights. His intelligence keeps him from doing many of the fool things that complicate life.”

“My brothers went to work at 12 and put themselves through school and brought the family out of ruin into food and clothing.”

“I also like to garden. I grow things, vegetables, flowers... I particularly like orchids. I raise orchids.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“As a writer and a director, I simply don’t have the time I need to write and prep the movie I would have wanted to make because of the fixed and tight production schedule,”

Source : "Gary Ross oficially out of "Catching Fire": The next director should excel at these five things". www.ifc.com. April 11, 2012.

“I see things and I hear things I do not understand. I'm a skilled, resourceful... vegetable!”

Source : Robert Ludlum (2012). “The Bourne Identity: Jason Bourne Book #1”, p.110, Bantam