"Having a family that loves books and loves to read has always created a common ground for communication."

“I think what it takes to succeed remains the same. You have to have a real love of your sport to carry you through all the bad times, you still want to go ski even when things aren't working. You must have a commitment to work hard and to never give up.”

“My greatest lesson in composition was looking at paintings.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

“I did not have a homosexual relationship with a man in Denver.”

Source : "A Mega-Scandal for a Mega-Church" by Rita Healy, content.time.com. November 3, 2006.

“My dad gave me threepence to pay the fine but I spent it on a Wagon Wheel”

“Boondocks' is simply the Tagalog word for mountains.”

Source : Sharyn McCrumb (2010). “The Devil Amongst the Lawyers: A Ballad Novel”, p.52, Macmillan

“Show me a friend in need and I'll show you a pest.”

“Thank you to all for your prayers and good wishes. It gave me the strength to persevere and warmed my heart.”

“The sciences are said, and they are truly said, to have a mutual connection, that any one of them may be the better understood, for an insight into the rest.”

Source : Samuel Horsley (1811). “Sermons”, p.5