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“The idea of death, the fear of it, haunts the human animal like nothing else; it is a mainspring of human activity - designed largely to avoid the fatality of death, to overcome it by denying in some way that it is the final destiny of man.”
Source : Ernest Becker (1997). “The Denial of Death”, p.17, Simon and Schuster
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“The talk show, as a genre, has been in decline for a while. It started with Jerry Springer, when the talk shows suffered a metamorphosis, going from the real and social issues to the hair-raising.”
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“We want to be sensitive to people's concerns about privacy about their personal being and things, while ensuring that everybody on every flight has been properly screened.”
Source : Senate hearing on TSA, full-body scanners, www.cnet.com. November 16, 2010. 
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“If you don't concentrate on counting the money, people soon realize that money is not the focus of your consciousness, so they give you everything other than money: kudos, acclaim, praise, etc., etc. And sooner or later you'll be in trouble.”
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“The profession of the writer has its thorns about which the reader does not dream.”
Source : Henryk Sienkiewicz (1898). “So Runs the World”, London : F. T. Neely
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“In my own way, I was a rebellious kid.”
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“I've never really been a confident person, except from a musical standpoint. I had to push myself early on, but it got easier with each gig.”
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“Man ... put himself in a tight corner when he decided that woman was innately passive.”
