"I'm not trying to be philosophical, but I really think it's my job to help children. And I don't care if people laugh."

“Go forth in peace, for you have followed the good road. Go forth without fear, for he who created you has made you holy, has always protected you, and loves you as a mother. Blessed be you, my God, for having created me.”

“I have never participated directly or indirectly in any business related to the United Nations.”

Source : "Annan's son: Probe 'a witchhunt'" by Jeff Koinange, Phil Hirschkorn, www.cnn.com. December 13, 2004.

“I do not believe in excuses. I believe in hard work as the prime solvent of life's problems.”

“But although all our knowledge begins with experience, it does not follow that it arises from experience.”

“Our aim is to gain control of the two great treasure houses on which the West depends: The energy treasure house of the Persian Gulf and the minerals treasure house of Central and Southern Africa.”

“I was lucky that my mother had a very well-adjusted perspective of the world, and never pressured me to do anything I didn't want to do.”

Source : Source: aalbc.com

“I think it can be shown that the law makes ten criminals where it restrains one.”

Source : Voltairine De Cleyre (2004). “The Voltairine de Cleyre Reader”, A K PressDistribution

“There are some writers I think who love to go around and visit bookstores and just interact.”

Source : "The Power of Two: Bonus Outtakes From WD Interview With Lincoln Child & Douglas Preston". Writer's Digest Interview, www.writersdigest.com. January 12, 2012.