"I have told myself a hundred times that painting - that is, the material thing called a painting - is no more than a pretext, the bridge between the mind of the painter and the mind of the spectator."

“I became a Christian when I was a little six-year-old boy.”

Source : Source: www.cbn.com

“When valuing a startup, add $500k for every engineer, and subtract $250k for every MBA.”

Source : "Is Now the Time to Hire MBAs?" by Ben Horowitz, www.businessinsider.com. May 18, 2012.

“It said, 'War Is Not the Answer.' I disagree. I think war absolutely is the answer. And if you don't agree with me, happy Fourth of July.”

“The Bassbone is just what I have been looking for... I can maintain the integrity of two instruments on stage or in the studio with control over the balance and keep my high standards for my low notes!”

“One day, my daughter Tybee came to me, and she said, ‘I have so much love for you in my body, Daddy, I can’t stop giving you hugs and kisses. And when I have no more love left, I just drink milk, because that’s where love comes from.’”

“If no thought your mind does visit, make your speech not too explicit.”

“Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.”

Source : J. Spedding (ed.) 'The Works of Francis Bacon' vol. 7 (1859) 'Apophthegms contained in Resuscitatio' no. 36

“... the Armenian massacre was the greatest crime of the war, and the failure to act against Turkey is to condone it ... the failure to deal radically with the Turkish horror means that all talk of guaranteeing the future peace of the world is mischievous nonsense.”