"If you can't beat them. Join them"

“Children aren't fooled. They know we give time to the things we love.”
“At the end of the day, it's, 'Can we contribute as a group?' There are things that are going to happen.”
“The most spectacular UFO incident in Indonesia occurred when during the height of President Sukarno's confrontation against Malaysia, UFOs penetrated a well-defended area in Java for two weeks at a stretch, and each time were welcomed with perhaps the heaviest anti-aircraft barrage in history.”
“It was too bad, but sometimes a little knowledge could ruin your whole day, or at least take off some of the shine.”

Source : Jacqueline Kelly (2009). “The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate”, p.111, Macmillan
“Nowadays, we are confronted by a huge gap between rich and poor. This is not only morally wrong, but practically a mistake. It leads to the rich living in anxiety and the poor living in frustration, which has the potential to lead to more violence. We have to work to reduce this gap. It's truly unfair that some people should have so much while others go hungry.”
“There is magic in misery. Just ask any runner.”

Source : Dean Karnazes (2006). “Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner”, p.148, Penguin
“I do not want to found anything on the incomprehensible. I want to know whether I can live with what I know and with that alone.”
“Today I felt like a part of something awesome, the human race. I know it can be ugly; it really is in so many ways. But today there was nothing ugly to see, just people trying to be better. And maybe that's the key. Not resolutions and forgotten promises, but instead a commitment to do this year a little better than the last. I'm feeling good about this one. I really am.”

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