„I used to think that my career was to be a police officer, and that is what I was put here to do. But I always kept the faith and always worked hard on my goals and I finally found out on Sept. 25, 1998, why I was put here - (God) called me here to be Mr. Olympia.“

„So until we meet again, I am thinking of you always; I love you; I wish you were here… in my arms.“

—  Anne Rice American writer 1941

„I was just a young lawyer thinking, What am I doing with my life? What am I doing with my career? As I watched [Hillary Clinton] on that stage I thought, Why aren’t I there? It was so poignant for me. And that’s what made me figure out how to get involved in politics.“

—  Kirsten Gillibrand United States Senator from New York 1966

Describing Hillary Clinton's influence on Gillibrand's entering politics
[The Reintroduction of Kirsten Gillibrand, Rodrick, Stephen, New York Magazine, New York Media Holdings, 2009-06-07, 2011-02-04, http://nymag.com/news/politics/57197/]

„Toohey: "Mr. Roark, we're alone here. Why don't you tell me what you think of me? In any words you wish. No one will hear us."
Roark: "But I don't think of you.“

—  Ayn Rand, kniha The Fountainhead

Zdroj: The Fountainhead

„Quoting an unnamed writer: "To this day," she writes, "I cannot understand dallying with religion and the commandments of God. The very instant I heard my Father's cry calling unto me, my heart bounded in recognition. I ran, I stretched forth my arms, I cried aloud, 'Here, here I am, my Father.' Oh, happy child, what should I do? 'Love me', answered my God. 'I do, I do," I cried passionately. 'Come unto me,' called my Father. 'I will,' my heart panted. Did I stop to ask a single question? Not one. It never occurred to me to ask whether I was good enough, or to hesitate over my unfitness, or to find out what I thought of his church, or… to wait until I should be satisfied. Had I not found my God and my Father? Did he not love me? Had he not called me? Was there not a Church into which I might enter?… Since then I have had direct answers to prayer — so significant as to be almost like talking with God and hearing his answer. The idea of God's reality has never left me for one moment."“

—  William James American philosopher, psychologist, and pragmatist 1842 - 1910

Lecture III, "The Reality of the Unseen"
1900s, The Varieties of Religious Experience (1902)

„I have faith in the universe, for it is rational. Law underlies each happening. And I have faith in my purpose here on earth. I have faith in my intuition, the language of my conscience, but I have no faith in speculation about Heaven and Hell. I'm concerned with this time—here and now.“

—  Albert Einstein German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity 1879 - 1955

Zdroj: Attributed in posthumous publications, p. 94

„I've always been careful to put out the very best work I can. One of the things I value the most is the love and faith that people have given me over the years, so I try to live up to their expectations and my own standards of what I'm capable of.“

—  Jackie DeShannon American singer-songwriter 1941

Swingin' Chicks of the 60s http://www.swinginchicks.com/jackie_deshannon.htm (September 2000)

„It's a full moon here tonight, which makes me think of you. Because, I know that no matter what I am doing or where I am, this moon will always be the same size as yours, half a world away.“

—  Nicholas Sparks, kniha Dear John

Zdroj: Dear John

„Sometimes I feel like I’m actually on the wrong planet. It’s great when I’m in my garden, but the minute I go out the gate I think, ‘What the hell am I doing here?“

—  George Harrison British musician, former member of the Beatles 1943 - 2001

„Always before in moments of crisis I called on that power we call God to help me through. This time, having lost faith in others and my faith in myself, I had lost my hope in God too. Now that hope returned. I really believed that He hadn't wanted me to die.“

—  Lana Turner American actress 1921 - 1995

On the aftermath of her suicide attempt, p. 160.
Autobiography

„I love Albuquerque. I've always loved it, and i just couldn't leave it. I don't know if it sounds right, but I think people love that, I'm not going to turn my back on them. I want to be here.“

—  Al Hurricane American singer-songwriter 1936 - 2017

"Local Legends" on the CBS Early Show (December 26, 2011)

„Punk: "Simmer down, Simmer down. I think you misunderstand me coming out here, I wanted to come out here and extend personally my heartfelt condolences. I want to extend my heartfelt apologies for your loss………………. at WrestleMania!"“

—  Phil Brooks American professional wrestler and mixed martial artist 1978

March 11, 2013
WWE Raw

„I pray every day and I think everybody should. I don't think you can be up here and look out the window as I did the first day and look out at the Earth from this vantage point. We're not so high compared to people who went to the moon and back. But to look out at this kind of creation out here and not believe in God is, to me, impossible. It just strengthens my faith.“

—  John Glenn American astronaut and politician 1921 - 2016

As quoted in Roger D. Launius. 2004. Frontiers of Space Exploration. Greenwood Publishing Group, p. 181. Interview: An American hero returns to space: John Glenn and the Sts-95 Shuttle Mission News Conference on Orbit (5 November 1998).

„Who is Guru? The highest manifestation of God is Guru. So when Guru is here, God is here, to whom will you give your devotion? I want that the general should sign some papers. I need not go to his office when he is sitting in my home. Is it necessary to go in his office when his is sitting in my home? When God has come here, then what is the need to give devotion to God there?“

—  Prem Rawat controversial spiritual leader 1957

(responding to a question about the word guru), Alta Loma Terrace Satsang, 1971 - reproduced from Elan Vital magazine, vol. II, issue 1
1970s

„I think that the big piece here is that it really allows us to partner. Yahoo! has always been a very friendly company.“

—  Marissa Mayer American business executive and engineer, former ceo of Yahoo! 1975

huffingtonpost.com http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/25/marissa-mayer-davos_n_2550753.html.

„I think I can best do my work as a head of a family, as a nurturer, for the family, meaning a nurturer for Pittsburgh, and in that sense what we do here can be applicable in many places in the world.“

—  Teresa Heinz Kerry Portuguese–American businesswoman, widow of Sen. H. John Heinz III and wife of Secretary of State John Kerry 1938

Quoted in "Teresa Heinz: A Woman On A Mission," Harry Stoffer, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (1993-11-07
Explanation on announcing she would not run for her late husband John Heinz's Senate seat.

„Well I'm trying to think what I put in… I think I put in 'why?' to see if I'd confuse the computer.“

—  Karl Pilkington English television personality, social commentator, actor, author and former radio producer 1972

Xfm 09 November 2002
On Technology

„I saw a rainbow earlier today
Lately those rainbows be comin' round like everyday
Deep in the struggle I have found the beauty of me
God is watchin' and the Devil finally let me be
Here in this moment to myself“

—  Macy Gray American singer-songwriter and actress 1967

"A Moment to Myself" (co-written with Jeremy Ruzumna, Miles Tackett. Mark Morales, and Damon Wimbley)
On How Life Is (1999)

„I have always worked on the assumption that if something is valid and meaningful to me, it will also be valid and meaningful to many others. Not to everyone of course. On the basis of this assumption I do not think of an audience when I work, but only of my own reactions. By the same token I do not worry whether what I am doing is art or not. If what I paint is expressive, if it seems to communicate the feeling that is important to me, then I am not concerned if my work does not have marked earmarks of art. My work has been called abstract, surrealistic, totemistic and primitive.... I chose my own label and called my paintings 'Pictographs'..“

—  Adolph Gottlieb American artist 1903 - 1974

Arts and Architecture, vol. 68, no 9, September 1951, p. 21.
1950s

„I won’t put my ignorance on an altar and call it God.“

—  Robert Charles Wilson, kniha Darwinia

Zdroj: Darwinia (1998), Chapter 15 (p. 136)