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“When I was six years old I sprinkled sugar on my head, convinced myself it was pixie dust, wished myself invisible, and walked into the boys' bathroom at school.”
Source : Janet Evanovich (2007). “Twelve Sharp”, p.325, Macmillan
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“Only wisdom and virtue can truly win men's devotion.”
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“In England especially, I've found that if you bring up King Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson at a dinner party or a social gathering, it's like throwing a Molotov cocktail into the room.”
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“The truth is, I’d give it all up to be a rock star.”
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“Along with my peers, I gripe about the increasing number of superhero films, and I'm sad that so many critics so uncritically use words like franchise, which should be reserved for your local Burger King.”
Source : "Critics' Roundtable: What Was the Cultural Event of 2012?". Vulture Interview, www.vulture.com. February 2, 2012. 
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“When you plan something, it never works.”
Source : Interview with Jim White, www.theguardian.com. February 24, 2002.
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“If you are explaining, you are losing.”
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“People live up to your expectations, not their potential.”
Source : Stephen Young (2006). “Micromessaging”, p.5, McGraw Hill Professional
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“My plea to educators and parents is that they should give some thought to the nature of the brain of a child, for the brain is a living mechanism, not a machine. In case of breakdown, it can substitute one of its parts for the function of another. But it has its limitations. It is subject to inexorable change with the passage of time.”
Source : Wilder Penfield, Lamar Roberts (2014). “Speech and Brain Mechanisms”, p.257, Princeton University Press
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“After I won a match at a tournament I tried to repeat everything I did the day I won. Before my next match, I ate the same food, I went to the same restaurant etc. Sometimes it got very boring.”
