"What's the trick? There are three of them: A sense of real purpose, a sense of humor, and a sense of constant curiosity. Keep using those to the grave because learning really never ends."

“The minute I started being recognised, I became much more discreet.”

Source : "Vincent Cassel: 'You can't escape from what you are'". Interview with Elizabeth Day, www.theguardian.com. February 4, 2012.

“And there is something great about knowing that my only job is to be as happy as I can be about my life, and feel as good as I can about myself, and to lead as full and eventful a life as I can, so that it doesn’t ever feel like I’m just waiting around for some guy to ask me out. And most importantly, it’s good for us all to remember that we don’t need to scheme and plot and beg to get someone to ask us out. We’re fantastic.”

Source : Greg Behrendt, Liz Tuccillo (2009). “He's Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys”, p.19, Simon and Schuster

“The best thing about humour is that it shows people they are not alone.”

“Hatred is so much easier to win than love - and so much harder to get rid of.”

“Earth does not understand her child, Who from the loud gregarious town Returns, depleted and defiled, To the still woods, to fling him down.”

“For the first time ever, we have confronted in reality the sinister power of uncontrolled nuclear energy.”

“If I said I was madly in love with you you'd know I was lying.”

“People are really trying their best. Just like being happy and sad, you will find yourself on both sides of the equation many times over your lifetime, either saying or hearing the wrong thing. Let's all give each other a pass, shall we?”

Source : David Rakoff (2010). “Half Empty”, p.217, Anchor