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“GREED AND COMPETITION ARE NOT THE RESULT OF IMMUTABLE HUMAN TEMPERMENT…GREED AND FEAR OF SCARCITY ARE IN FACT BEING CREATED AND AMPLIFIED …THE DIRECT CONSEQUENCE IS THAT WE HAVE TO FIGHT WITH EACH OTHER IN ORDER TO SURVIVE”
Source : "Beyond Greed and Scarcity". Interview with Sarah van Gelder (Yes! A Journal of Positive Futures), www.lietaer.com. Spring 1997. 
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“In places where a loved one has died, time stops for eternity. If I stand on the very spot, one says to oneself, like a prayer, might I feel the pain he felt? They say that on a visit to an old castle or whatever, the history of the place, the presence of people who walked there many years ago, can be felt in the body. Before, when I heard things like that, I would think, what are they talking about? But i felt I understood it now.”
Source : Banana Yoshimoto, Megan Backus (1979). “Three Plays”, p.124, Grove Press
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“But hands are sacred things. Touch is personal, fingers of love, feelers of blind eyes, tongues of those who cannot talk…”
Source : Keri Hulme (2005). “The Bone People: A Novel”, p.71, LSU Press
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“I had A Lover's Quarrel With The World Robert Lee Frost (Old Bennington Cemetery, Bennington, Vermont) Our Darling Eva We Love You.”
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“A critic is a reader who ruminates. Thus, he should have more than one stomach.”
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“Books make me feel safe. Books make me feel normal.”
Source : Gary Paulsen (2009). “Notes from the Dog”, p.75, Wendy Lamb Books
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“A century ago, people laughed at the notion that we were descended from monkeys. Today, the individuals most offended by that claim are the monkeys.”
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“The longer men sin, the more easily they can; for every act of transgression weakens conscience, stupefies intellect, hardens hearts, adds force to bad habits, and takes force from good example. And, surely, there is nothing in such associations; as wicked affinities will insure to the sinner in the future state, to incline him to repentance.”
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“I really loved Michelangelo. I've always been a little partial to Donatello to be honest, especially with the animated series. There's just something about Donnie that I really like. But, you know, Mikey's also Mikey. It's kind of just a given he's the most fun one.”
Source : Source: collider.com
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“Obama's not Jesus. He can't walk on water.”
Source : "Mr T: 20 years on after The A-Team". Daily Mirror Interview, www.mirror.co.uk. February 1, 2009.
