"I couldn't speak enough Spanish. I couldn't make myself understood on that club."

“Justice for all children is the high ideal in a democracy.”

Source : Grace Abbott, Judith Sealander (2015). “The Grace Abbott Reader”, p.8, U of Nebraska Press

“He no playa the game, he no maka the rules.”

Source : "Children Of The Corn Syrup" by Shea Dean, www.believermag.com. October 2003.

“A reflective, contented mind is the best possession.”

Source : "The Gathas". Book by Zoroaster. Translation by Dinshaw Jamshedji Irani, in K. D. Irani, Rabindranath Tagore, p.96, Yasna 43, 15, www.zarathushtra.com. 1999.

“There is a difference between constitutional government and judicial dictatorship. And I think it's time we remembered that our Constitution was not put together in order to establish the sovereignty of the judges, it was framed in order to guarantee the sovereignty of the people.”

“It's a waste to chase the pipe dream of a magical tiny theory that allows us to make quick and detailed calculations about the future. We can't predict and we can't control. To accept this can be a source of liberation and inner peace. We're part of the unfolding world, surfing the chaotic waves.”

“It's a warm wind, the west wind, full of birds' cries; I never hear the west wind but tears are in my eyes. For it comes from the west lands, the old brown hills, And April's in the West wind, and daffodils.”

Source : John Masefield (1922). “The Poems and Plays of John Masefield: Poems”

“NATO as a political alliance does need to be relooked at in terms of everything - resourcing, capabilities.”

“In my day, if a guy came to spring training 20 pounds heavier than what he left, he was considered out of shape and was probably in trouble.”