"Stars which stand as thick as dewdrops on the field of heaven."

“Malaysians, during the colonial period, were not given the top positions: we were always subordinate. Fortunately for us, the people who took over were mainly civil servants: people who were serving the Government.”

Source : "Interview with Tun Dr Mahathir bin Mohamad". Interview with Sue Onslow, commonwealth-oral-history-project.blogs.sas.ac.uk. February 11, 2015.

“In order to save the planet it would be necessary to kill 350,000 people per day.”

“Religion and science have a common ancestor - ignorance.”

“The colossal misunderstanding of our time is the assumption that insight will work with people who are unmotivated to change.”

Source : Edwin H. Friedman (2007). “A Failure of Nerve: Leadership in the Age of the Quick Fix”, p.9, Church Publishing, Inc.

“I like 'em big. And stupid. Don't tell my husband.”

“The financial capital is being concentrated by corporations, institutional investors, and even our pension funds, and being reinvested in companies that repeat this process because it provides the highest return on that financial capital.”

“At the end of the day, the Detroiter may be the most important American there is because no one knows better than he that we're all standing at the edge of the shaft.”

Source : Charlie LeDuff (2013). “Detroit: An American Autopsy”, p.11, Penguin

“As you grow older, you'll find the only things you regret are the things you didn't do.”