"I was born with these eyes. I was born for this life."

“Act as if success is certain.”

“Critics say that America is a lie because its reality falls so far short of its ideals. They are wrong. America is not a lie; it is a disappointment. But it can be a disappointment only because it is also a hope.”

Source : Samuel P. Huntington (1981). “American Politics: The Promise of Disharmony”, p.262, Harvard University Press

“There are always signs that a reign is ending, and they are usually spotted not in the king himself but in his court. In the inner circle, latent jealousies between advisers spill into open conflict, as they angrily debate who is to blame for the calamity, chewing over each other's past errors and pointing the finger at old and nascent enemies.”

“I'd rather we were rebuilding Philadelphia, as opposed to Kabul...There are American cities with serious infrastructure problems and we're not addressing them.”

“Rest easy, real mothers. The very fact that you worry about being a good mom means that you already are one.”

Source : Jodi Picoult (2010). “House Rules: A Novel”, p.179, Simon and Schuster

“We're principled in the direction we're heading, but we're not going to be stubborn,”

“To feel themselves in the presence of true greatness many find it necessary only to be alone.”

“Life sure has a sick sense of humor, doesn’t it?”

Source : "Fictional character: Bodhi". "Point Break", www.imdb.com. 1991.