"A person understands other's language only in tune with his attitude with most people all the time, so it's wise to act nice with individuals only in proportion with the truth cherished in their lives."

“No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it.”

“Don't have conversations taking place in empty space. Weave in background details of where the action (dialogue is a form of "action") is taking place. Don't have invisible people talking, either. Let the reader see them as they speak - their facial expressions and gestures. And by all means "cue" the speeches to the speakers.”

Source : Lee Wyndham (1972). “Writing for children and teen-agers”, Writer's Digest Books

“You have to know why you get up every morning.”

“According to a Wall Street Journal article some 59 percent of Americans don t own a single book. Not a cookbook or even the Bible.”

“The great city is that which has the greatest man or woman: if it be a few ragged huts, it is still the greatest city in the whole world.”

“Remember this when you are queen,” he whispered hoarsely. “I moved the earth and the water for you.”

“I think what kind of destroyed the franchise, in some ways, was ego and vanity. When that element of ego and vanity that's sitting there in the franchise right now gets pushed aside, I think the whole thing could be re-tooled. I think it's the type of franchise that has years in it, and has lots of legs.”

“Where there is no mathematics, there is no freedom.”

Source : Edward Frenkel (2014). “Love and Math: The Heart of Hidden Reality”, p.5, Basic Books