"You see, we are all dying. It's only a matter of time. Some of us just die sooner than others."

“We're our own worst enemies a lot of the time, but I still blame men.”

“Every good mathematician should also be a good chess player and vice versa.”

Source : Henri Poincare (2012). “The Value of Science: Essential Writings of Henri Poincare”, p.642, Modern Library

“I think I have a lot of voices in my head and I guess my inner critic is a female.”

“At first I thought I should be a second Beethoven; presently I found that to be another Schubert would be good; then gradually, satisfied with less and less, I resigned to be a Humperdinck.”

“Eugenic sterilization is an urgent need ... We must prevent multiplication of this bad stock.”

“When debtors once have borrowed all we have to lend, they are very apt to grow shy of their creditors' company.”

Source : William. II Congreve William Wycherley (John Vanbrugh and Farquhar George), William. II Wycherley, William Congreve, George Farquhar, John Vanbrugh (1840). “Dramatic Works with Biographical and Critical Notices by Leigh Hunt. - London, Moxon 1840”, p.348

“I think every character actor at some stage likes to carry a film. It can be extremely liberating to just come in for a scene or two and do your thing. But I find it frustrating if I'm just doing little bits here and there for too long.”

Source : "Brendan Gleeson: the character actor who steals the show". Interview with Ryan Gilbey, www.theguardian.com. March 18, 2010.

“The continent is too large to describe. It is a veritable ocean, a separate planet, a varied, immensely rich cosmos. Only with the greatest simplification, for the sake of convenience, can we say 'Africa'. In reality, except as a geographical appellation, Africa does not exist.”

Source : Ryszard Kapuscinski (2001). “The Shadow of the Sun”, p.6, Vintage