"For rarely man escapes his destiny."

“There is something in the soul that cries out for freedom.”

“The view from the window, particularly if you enjoy neon, is extraordinary.”

Source : Chris Bachelder (2002). “Bear v. Shark: The Novel”, p.197, Simon and Schuster

“We've given Iraq six months and I don't think things are really working out, so we should probably bring our troops home.”

“One night I'm going to have a big night scoring; some nights I'm going to have a big night doing other things. Just doing whatever it takes to win the ballgame, not necessarily sitting up here worrying about scoring 30 points.”

“What I always say is, "Look good, feel good, play good."”

Source : "On Golf Courses, the Fairway as a Runway" by Juliet Macur, www.nytimes.com. June 18, 2011.

“Activity is intelligence. We follow our information systems and we use our energy to get it done. And that's caused by a byproduct called matter. That's why I call it "energetic matter." And it's chemical matter. We are chemistry.”

Source : Source: www.edgemagazine.net

“People are going to wake up to this great reservoir of music we've created in America - cakewalks, one-steps, boogie-woogie, country and western. I had a bit to do with one of those traditions.”

Source : "A Life in R&B / Johnny Otis looks back on his remarkable career, and at the end of an era" by Joel Selvin, www.sfgate.com. April 4, 2000.

“A Soul is partly given, partly wrought; remember always that you are the Maker of your own Soul.”