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“Why, if 'tis dancing you would be, There's brisker pipes than poetry. Say, for what were hop-yards meant, Or why was Burton built on Trent? Oh many a peer of England brews Livelier liquor than the Muse, And malt does more than Milton can To justify God's ways to man. Ale, man, ale's the stuff to drink For fellows whom it hurts to think: Look into the pewter pot To see the world as the world's not.”
Source : A Shropshire Lad no. 62, l. 21 (1896)
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“Develop your own compass, and trust it. Take risks, dare to fail, remember the first person through the wall always gets hurt.”
Source : Aaron Sorkin's Commencement Address at Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York, news.syr.edu. May 13, 2012. 
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“My forgiving you doesn't make my heart hurt less. It takes awhile to heal.”
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“Goodbye, my almost lover. Goodbye, my hopeless dream. I'm trying not to think about you, can't you just let me be? So long, my luckless romance, my back is turned on you. Should've known you'd bring me heartache. Almost lovers always do.”
Source : Song: Almost Lover, Album: One Cell in the Sea, 2007
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“Before one can walk as Christ walked, and talk as He talked, he must first begin to think as Christ thought.”
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“The interesting adults are always the school failures, the weird ones, the losers, the malcontents, this isn’t wishful thinking. It’s the rule.”
Source : "The Parenting Trap" by A. A. Gill, www.vanityfair.com. November 2, 2012.
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“My goal has been to encourage jointness, to push people to think of affiliations rather than to operate as solo entrepreneurs.”
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“Film doesn't have to worry. Movies are awesome. There's no war going on, theaters aren't going to lose.”
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“I worry that I can come off smarmy. I wonder if I was listening to myself if I'd want to kick my own ass.”
Source : Interview with Zorianna Kit, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 21, 2009.
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“Every time we interact with another person at work, we have a choice to make: do we try to claim as much value as we can, or contribute value without worrying about what we receive in return?”
Source : Adam Grant (2013). “Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives Our Success”, p.12, Penguin
