“I am always being asked: ‘What are the Beatles really like?’ I never know quite what to say because they are what they are and anyone who has ever seen or heard them either in person, or on radio or screen has, basically, as much chance as I have of knowing what they are like. I believe and I must say it, that they are quite magnificent human beings, utterly honest, often irritating but splendid citizens shining in a very ordinary, not very pleasing world.”
Source: A Cellarful of Noise: The Autobiography of the Man Who Made the Beatles With a New Companion Narrative
“Character is destiny, that is, our life is closely linked to our behavior and vice versa.”
Source: Applied Daimonology. Principles and essays.
“How often has it been said that Carlyle’s matter is marred by the harshness and eccentricities of his style? But Carlyle’s matter is harsh and eccentric to precisely the same degree as his style. His behaviour was frequently ridiculous, if not abominable.”
“Whatever you are physically,' he said, 'male or female, strong or weak, ill or healthy - all those things matter less than what your heart contains. If you have the soul of a warrior, you are a warrior. Whatever the color, the shape, the design of the shade that conceals it, the flame inside the lamp remains the same. You are that flame.”
Source: Clockwork Angel
“Influence isn’t loud. It’s consistent.”
Source: Money's Dirty Little Secrets: How to Break the Rules, Get Filthy Rich, and Laugh All the Way to the Bank
“There is no good governance without good people.”
Source: Save Your City: How Toxic Culture Kills Community & What to Do About It
“And my mom said that if I was going to be proud of myself for being generous, that I had to do it, even when it meant I might lose something. She said, you have to have something on the line for it to be called character.”
“My father had raised me to walk in his footsteps, and those were big shoes to fill. He always said: Be more than a good person; be a person who does good things.”
Source: The Protector
“It's not that I don't like you. I like you too much. So does Felipe. That's the problem." Marcelo”
Source: Playing with Fire: A forbidden romance set in São Paulo, Brazil
“It's no good saying "Marilyn, you are a normal person underneath". She is completely convinced that her extraordinary fame exempts her completely. What no one dares to tell her is that her fame springs mainly - but not entirely - from her appearance.”
Source: My Week with Marilyn