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“I knew that the Mets had never had a no-hitter. I never had one. This is very special. I knew this means a lot to New York.”
Source : "Johan Santana: No Hitter Makes Him a 'Hero' in Mets History" by Adry Torres, www.foxnews.com. June 2, 2012. 
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“Every record that I've ever made, I listen to it so much before it comes out. As soon as it comes out, I never listen to it again. It's, like, over.”
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“It is a blessed thing that in every age some one has had the individuality enough and courage enough to stand by his own convictions.”
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“My son is not wild about going back to Iraq, but he'd sure rather do that than sacrifice all that he and his fellow soldiers have accomplished by leaving too early and inviting chaos.”
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“In our education system, we are taught to munch figures and remember them for lifetime. But does it help? We are not taught how to make decisions.”
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“You want to be a writer? A writer is someone who writes every day, so start writing. You don't have a job? Get one. Any job. Don't sit at home waiting for the magical opportunity. Who are you? Prince William? No. Get a job. Go to work. Do something until you can do something else.”
Source : Shonda Rhimes’s Commencement Address at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, www.vulture.com. June 9, 2014.
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“The relativism which is not willing to speak about truth but only about ‘what is true for me’ is an evasion of the serious business of living. It is the mark of a tragic loss of nerve in our contemporary culture. It is a preliminary symptom of death.”
Source : Lesslie Newbigin (2013). “The Gospel in a Pluralist Society: SPCK Classic”, p.36, SPCK
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“If inciting people to do that is terrorism, and if killing those who kill our sons is terrorism, then let history be witness that we are terrorists.”
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“I'm just a guy. I get treated like I'm famous but I don't take it seriously. I take the time people take out to check me out very, very seriously.”
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“It's not differences that divide us. It's our judgments about each other that do.”
Source : Margaret J. Wheatley (2002). “Turning to One Another: Simple Conversations to Restore Hope to the Future”, p.36, Berrett-Koehler Publishers
