"Children use the fist until they are of age to use the brain."

“I turn all thorn then, but you come back again and make my thorniness fragrant and pink and petaled.”

“People who relax by watching TV instead of going out to engage with the world tend to be far less energetic. the benefits of exercise in protecting against depression and mental ill-health are huge. Those around you can also affect your energy levels. Self-talk also works wonders on energy levels.”

Source : Liz Miller (2010). “Mood Mapping: Plot your way to emotional health and happiness”, p.35, Pan Macmillan

“A fellow in a market town, Most musical, cried razors up and down.”

Source : John Wolcot (1812). “The works of Peter Pindar”, p.136

“When something good hits me, I'll use Siri to make a note so I don't forget.”

“The trouble with America is that there are far too many wide open spaces surrounded by teeth.”

Source : "War Is a Racket". Smedley Butler's speech in the U.S. (1933); later published as a book "War Is a Racket", www.businessinsider.com. 1935.

“It betrays hubris on the part of the artist to think his medium is limiting him, and I think we all recognize this”

“Ordinary life does not interest me.”

“The American revolutionaries believed in the power of the word. But they had only word of mouth and the printing press. We have the Internet.”