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“I like American history.”
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“I've never tried to block out the memories of the past, even though some are painful. I don't understand people who hide from their past. Everything you live through helps to make you the person you are now.”
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“One can compare art education to the solid foundation for a house - once it's built properly, it will hold any shape or form you will place on it.”
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“Everybody has to look at his or her own footprint and do the best they can. It's not about being perfect, it's about doing something. If we're looking for perfection, we'll never, ever get there.”
Source : "A Conversation with Laurie David". Interview with Dorinda Elliot, www.cntraveler.com. November 19, 2007. 
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“Exceptional people are often called crazy by the ordinary world.”
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“Yoga is a light, which once lit, will never dim. The better your practice, the brighter the flame.”
Source : B.K.S. Iyengar (2014). “BKS Iyengar Yoga The Path to Holistic Health”, p.35, Dorling Kindersley Ltd
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“Question four: What book would you give to every child? Answer: I wouldn't give them a book. Books are part of the problem: this strange belief that a tree has nothing to say until it is murdered, its flesh pulped, and then (human) people stain this flesh with words. I would take children outside and put them face to face with chipmunks, dragonflies, tadpoles, hummingbirds, stones, rivers, trees, crawdads. That said, if you're going to force me to give them a book, it would be The Wind In The Willows, which I hope would remind them to go outside.”
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“Bull riding is probably the most dangerous sport in the world in terms of head injuries.”
Source : "A Talk With The Savage English Professor". Interview with Sam Harris, www.thedailybeast.com. March 5, 2015.
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“People who know me know that theres a light-hearted side, humour... But you could easily say I am cheeky.”
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“The only thing worse than fighting a giant scorpion was fighting a giant scorpion who was trying to protect her young.”
