"There is no good in arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat."

“Thousands are the children of poor foreigners who have permitted them to grow up without school, education, or religion.  All the neglect and bad education and evil example of a poor class tend to form others, who, as they mature, swell the ranks of ruffians and criminals.  So, at length, a great multitude of ignorant, untrained, passionate, irreligious boys and young men are formed who become the 'dangerous class' in their city.”

Source : "The Dangerous Classes of New York and Twenty Years' Work Among Them".

“It is a simple truth that if we identify ourselves as being fundamentally pure, strong, and capable we will actually develop these qualities, but if we continue to think of ourselves as dull and foolish, that is what we will become.”

Source : Thubten Yeshe (2005). “Introduction to Tantra: The Transformation of Desire”, p.38, Simon and Schuster

“'Either you run the day, or the day runs you.' Hope y'all had a good one.”

“I'm a member of the Pacific Council on International Policy.”

Source : "Q&A with Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa". Interview with Kris Kitto, thehill.com. October 18, 2011.

“Business is the most exciting game.”

“The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers.”

“At the deepest level people are madder than they want to believe. You will find that they fear being eaten, and are alarmed by their desire to devour others.”

Source : Hanif Kureishi (2009). “Something to Tell You: A Novel”, p.4, Simon and Schuster

“I think that Governor Romney operates on the capital gains tax, his investments, what he lives off of instead of doing it off of his income.”