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“Its no coincidence that the word holiday suggests a holy day, or that the longest book in the Torah concerns the Sabbath. If you wish to advance in any sphere, the best way is to take a retreat.”
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“I've invented Twofacebook, the antisocial network. You start being friends w/entire world & defriend people one by one.”
Source : FaceBook post by Andy Borowitz from Feb 05, 2012 
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“I think that's the hardest part for an artist is finding their voice and learning how to write, finding what they have to say that is unique.”
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“Do not think about whatever service you may have done for others; think about what you may have done to offend them. Don't forget what others have done for you; forget what others have done to offend you.”
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“I am not a great cook, I am not a great artist, but I love art, and I love food, so I am the perfect traveller.”
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“You have always been deciding the truth of your life. It is how you decide to feel about it. There is no need to try to work out what something means. You decide what it means.”
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“I have often wondered how anyone who does not read, by which I mean daily, having some book going all the time, can make it through life. Indeed if I were required to make a sharp division in the very nature of people, I would be tempted to make it there: readers and nonreaders of books... It is astonishing how the presence or absence of this habit so consistently characterizes an individual in other respects; it is as though it were a kind of barometer of temperament, of personality, even of character. Aside from that, for me it constituted something like sanity insurance.”
Source : William Brinkley (2013). “The Last Ship: A Novel”, p.65, Penguin
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“Out of my desire to complete Iraq's independence and to finish the withdrawal of the occupation forces from our holy lands, I am obliged to halt military operations of the honest Iraqi resistance until the withdrawal of the occupation forces is complete.”
Source : "Moqtada al-Sadr orders halt to attacks on US troops stationed in Iraq". www.theguardian.com. September 11, 2011.
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“So they've got us surrounded, good! Now we can fire in any direction, those b*****ds won't get away this time!”
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“New Singapore will be one of the world's finest, most liveable cities. Arts, theatres, museums, music and sports will flourish. Singapore will be a lively and exciting place.. Our city will not only have depth, but also the richness of diversity. But above all, Singapore will a home for Singaporeans.”
