"No fear. No distractions. The ability to let that which does not matter truly slide."

“Well, I'm not that popular with the politicians, I have to say.”

“I come from a family where the only emotion respectable to show is irritation. In some this tendency produces hives, in others literature, in me both.”

“For many years now, I have been an outspoken supporter of civil and human rights for gay and lesbian people. Gays and lesbians stood up for civil rights in Montgomery, Selma, in Albany, Ga. and St. Augustine, Fla., and many other campaigns of the Civil Rights Movement. Many of these courageous men and women were fighting for my freedom at a time when they could find few voices for their own, and I salute their contributions.”

“For the first couple of years I played really bad tennis. It was so bad that they booed me off the court”

“I am a congenital liar. Some Highlanders are. To my ancestors, the truth was so sacred as to be unusable.”

“Use your gifts faithfully, and they shall be enlarged; practice what you know, and you shall attain to higher knowledge.”

“Never underestimate the power of Abby Joseph Cohen.”

Source : "Origin Series: Mad Men And The Walking Dead actor Josh McDermitt". Interview with Robert Piper, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

“I think something very weird's going on now, 'cause the power that is permitted to youth is quite extraordinary. And they are sort of run by that kind of power.”

Source : "Edie : Girl On Fire". Book by David Weisman and Melissa Painter, 2006.