"At the tail end of the great global boom, their old richer consumers are behaving more like new poorer ones, also increasingly concerned about cost, quality, and safety."

“I think the vast majority of the American people say you shouldn't be able to collect my phone records if I'm not suspicious, if you don't have probable cause.”

“But poets were not considered dangerous and they were advised to exercise self-censorship. At most, poets were requested not to write at all. I took advantage of this negative liberty.”

“Art should be born from the materials.”

Source : Jean Dubuffet, Mildred Glimcher (1987). “Jean Dubuffet”, Abbeville Press

“Pay, pay anything rather than go to law.”

Source : Isabella Beeton, Nicola Humble (2008). “Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management: Abridged Edition”, p.562, Oxford University Press

“It is very important for young people not to be afraid of engaging in areas that are not common to the youth. Get involved in local activities, get involved in local initiatives, be involved in leadership positions because you can’t learn unless you are involved. And if you make mistakes that is alright too because we all make mistakes and we learn from those mistakes. You gain confidence from learning, failing and rising again.”

“Shall I tell you what makes love so dangerous? 'Tis the too high idea we are apt to form of it.”

“The Cabal mocks the natural order. For its minions, death is just a pause between duties.”

“My male colleagues sometimes wonder if I understand as much about defense as I ought to. Of course if I agree with them, they think that I do.”