"There is such a delusion as evinces itself in cool vehemence; and it is the most dangerous of all expressions of fanaticism."

“All in all, I think that out of all musical genres, the world of metal is the most escapist one. Metal is also music for people who think for themselves. I think metalheads are smart people who possess a healthy dose of self-irony and a good sense of humor, and that appeals to me. I felt a strong affinity with the scene from the first moment on.”

“I broke all my rackets. I didn't have a racket for the fifth set. I broke four. Now I hold the record. Now I go home. No rackets. I really don't like these rackets.”

“I am simply pointing out that at the rate at which we are going the whole genetic engineering technology will end up in the hands of the political system to be used for the complete control and subjugation of man.”

“Becoming a dad means you have to be a role model for your son and be someone he can look up to.”

Source : "Wayne Rooney: I've Given it all up for Kai, Coleen and World Cup Glory". www.mirror.co.uk. May 9, 2010.

“Similarly you can make a transition from one set of instruments to another imperceptibly.”

“All you have to do is be able to feel.”

“I have watched the river and the sea for a lifetime. I have seen rivers rob soil from the roots of trees until the giants came foundering down. I have watched shores slip and perish, the channels silt and change; what was beach become a swamp and a headland tumble into the sea. An island has eroded in silent pain since my boyhood, and reefs have become islands. Yet the old people used to say, People pass away, but not the land. It remains forever. Maybe that is so. The land changes. The land continues. The sea changes. The sea remains.”

Source : Keri Hulme (2005). “The Bone People: A Novel”, p.336, LSU Press

“Never stop. Never stop fighting. Never stop dreaming.”