"Ordinary riches can be stolen; real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you."

“He could not just wear a watch. It had to be a Rolex.”

“I can't fool myself into thinking that musically I don't need other people, whether it's as a foil or just to come in and make real the ideas that are kind of vague and wispy in my head.”

Source : "Destroyer. Pornographer. Bejar". Interview with Phil Runco, brightestyoungthings.com. June 12, 2012.

“It is perfectly logical and proper to recognize differences between races and colors and creeds - as long as we don't classify them as being better or worse.”

Source : Arlene Francis (1960). “That Certain Something; the Magic of Charm”

“You express different energies at different times in your life.”

“Science and vivisection make no appeal to a theological idea, much less a political one. You can argue with a theologian or a politician, but doctors are sacrosanct. They know; you do not. Science has its mystique much more powerful than any religion active today.”

“A philosopher who is not taking part in discussions is like a boxer who never goes into the ring.”

“She came over and looked at the picture. Then she took my hand. You know what that feels like? Like what the astronauts will feel when they step onto the moon for the very first time.”

“Who knows what women can be when they are finally free to become themselves? Who knows what women's intelligence will contribute when it can be nourished without denying love?”

Source : Betty Friedan (1998). “It Changed My Life: Writings on the Women's Movement”, p.18, Harvard University Press