"I'm as proud of many of the things we haven't done as the things we have done. Innovation is saying no to a thousand things."

“The Place of Religion in Chicago is a clearly written account of a little-studied aspect of American landscape. Based on unique field surveys and supported by photographs, tables, and beautifully crafted maps, the book will form a lasting contribution to our understanding of an overlooked element of the American urban scene: the religious landscape of a major metropolis.”

“Accordingly, since nothing prevents the earth from moving, I suggest that we should now consider also whether several motions suit it, so that it can be regarded as one of the planets. For, it is not the center of all the revolutions.”

“What Messi does is terrifying. It's indescribable magic. You can't analyze it.”

Source : "Menotti rinde culto a la magia de Messi". Spanish Daily newspaper "Sport", www.sport.es. February 17, 2015.

“If a man who is born to a fortune cannot make himself easier and freer than those who are not, he gains nothing.”

Source : James Boswell, Mark Harris (1981). “The heart of Boswell: six journals in one volume”, McGraw-Hill Companies

“What you create for you, no one can take from you.”

“Just as a fisherman cannot catch fish unless his line is in the water, a wildlife photographer cannot shoot great wildlife images unless he or she is out there with camera in hand and the knowledge of what to do then the 'magnificent moment' occurs.”

“A universal applause is seldom less than two thirds of a scandal”

“I am a teller of stories...a weaver of dreams. I can dance, sing, and in the right weather stand on my head. I know seven words of Latin. I have a little magic and a trick or two. I know the proper way to meet a dragon, can fight dirty but not fair, and once swallowed thirty oysters in a minute. I am not domestic. I am a luxury, and in that sense, necessary.”