"One of the earliest lessons I learned was not to read my reviews. Weigh them."

“And she did not miss his presence so much as his voice on the phone. Even being lied to constantly, though hardly like love, was sustained attention; he must care about her to fabricate so elaborately and over such a long stretch of time. His deceit was a form of tribute to the importance of their marriage.”

“Indiana Jones: Archaeology is the search for fact... not truth. If it's truth you're looking for, Dr. Tyree's philosophy class is right down the hall. ... So forget any ideas you've got about lost cities, exotic travel, and digging up the world. We do not follow maps to buried treasure, and "X" never, ever marks the spot. Seventy percent of all archaeology is done in the library. Research. Reading.”

“It is through others that we become ourselves.”

Source : "Brain training in the nursery" by Diane Hofkins, www.theguardian.com. March 9, 2009.

“I'm a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will.”

Source : Antonio Gramsci (2011). “Letters from Prison”, p.299, Columbia University Press

“My job description is to enlighten minds, open hearts and create world peace.”

Source : Source: www.cbsnews.com

“It is terrible to speak of you, Liberty, for one who lives without you.”

“I'm completely opposed to the idea of becoming accustomed to foreign military campaigns.”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de

“Ninety countries still hold on to capital punishment, and, sadly, one of these is the United States, the only Western industrialized country to practice this barbaric punishment.”

Source : Antoinette Bosco (2001). “Choosing Mercy: A Mother of Murder Victims Pleads to End the Death Penalty”