"Medicine is intention. Those who are proficient at using intention are good doctors."

“I'm used to working really hard to get a role. I was always auditioning and talking my way into roles.”

“We had a party with the rest of the skaters in our trailer and then the next day we were off to see Jimmy Carter. And then we had the World Championships the next weekend, so not a lot of chance to catch up.”

“I am just a plain, common man.”

“He was telling the students about the hypnotic technique of using quotes in a conversation. An idea is more palatable ... if it comes from someone else. The unconscious thinks in terms of content and structure. If you introduce a pattern with the words, 'My friend was telling me,' the critical part of her mind shuts off.”

“It was always my intention that The Frieze should be housed in a room which would provide a suitable architectural frame for it.”

“I'm told I have the body of a god." "A Greek god, or one of those gods with the horse heads or elephant's legs coming out of their chests?" Alan asked. "Next time someone tells you that, ask them to specify.”

“And it makes you wonder—how can a people incapable of selecting their own lightbulbs and toilets possess enough competence to vote for their own rulers and fill out complicated tax returns?”

“I've always wanted to be thrown into the ocean when I die - to be rowed out to sea and thrown overboard into the Atlantic.”

Source : "The Enchanting Solo Flight of Singer Aoife O’Donovan". Interview with Jacob Blickenstaff, www.motherjones.com. March 19, 2016.