"Everybody has to think for himself. A right way for a big man may not be a right way for a small man. A right way for someone who is slow may not be a right way for someone who is quick. Each person must understand his weaknesses and his strengths."

“Imitate, assimilate, and innovate.”

“The future of Cuba is one earned by a country that has resisted for over 50 years against the most powerful empire on Earth. The resilience of its people made this triumph materialize.”

Source : "The Future of Cuba". Interview with Lasonas Pipinis Velasco, www.counterpunch.org. February 27, 2015.

“Zeus hates busybodies and those who do too much.”

“Most passport pictures are good likenesses, and it is time we faced it.”

Source : Katharine Brush (1940). “This is on Me”, New York : Farrar & Rinehart

“Let's face it: None of us are ever going to get to the place in life where we have no more disappointments. We can't expect to be sheltered from every little thing. Disappointment is a fact of life--one that must be dealt with.”

“One Sunday morning the warm sun came up and - pop! - out of the egg came a tiny and very hungry caterpillar.”

Source : Eric Carle (2016). “The Very Hungry Caterpillar”, p.7, Penguin

“What I remove from my writing is linear context. It's not really important to me, because it doesn't give me chills to see, "you flip the latch and the lock opens and then you can open the top of the chest and inside the chest is this." That doesn't give me chills, to think in that vein. So I've always kind of avoided it.”

Source : Interview with Chris Dahlen, pitchfork.com. March 6, 2005.

“Humor could not flourish in a wholly serious and rational atmosphere.”

Source : Raymond M. Smullyan, Jason Rosenhouse (2014). “Four Lives: A Celebration of Raymond Smullyan”, p.273, Courier Corporation