"Do you recall that night in June Upon the Danube River; We listened to the landler-tune, We watched the moonbeams quiver."

“Personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures.”

“Mum and I were delighted to find out we were descended from 'bog-trotters.'”

Source : Interview with Britt Collins, www.theguardian.com. January 02, 2009.

“Our small ears never had such a workout as on the Fourth of July, hearing not only our own bursting crackers but also those of our friends, and often the boom of homemade cannon shot off by daring boys of 16 years, ready to lose a hand if it blew up.”

“There is room neither for the poet nor for the contemplator in an egalitarian world.”

Source : "Ransoming the Time". Book by Jacques Maritain (p. 14), 1941.

“There is no other definition of socialism valid for us than that of the abolition of the exploitation of man by man.”

“You get to know who you really are in a crisis.”

“Turkey's economy is powerful enough to tackle tough times.”

“I don't even know if you're allowed to say this. But just like you can't be a little bit pregnant, you also can't be a little bit spread.”