I laugh when Floyd Mayweather says that if he went back in time he would beat us all. I’ll tell you this: if he was in the same era as Hagler and Hearns and Leonard and me, I don’t think he would be such a big name. There is too much talk. Roberto Duran Read Quote
The roads of life are strewn with the wreckage of run-down and half-finished loves. Ralph W. Sockman Read Quote
Indian writers in English are rank individualists. Even among the progressives, there is a strain of anti-leftism, or at least a suspicion of any organized politics. Amitava Kumar Read Quote
Most people understand that the more words children are exposed to, the stronger their vocabularies will be. But fewer people are aware that the quality of the words also significantly affects brain development. Dorothy Bush Koch Read Quote
If you can make a color show or movie seem like it’s in black-and-white, then you’ve done a really good job. Billy Bob Thornton Read Quote
It doesn’t matter how much you already know. It’s about showing humility and a willingness to learn; not just in movies, but in life in general. Sammo Hung Read Quote
I’ve never been in a focus-group meeting. I wonder how many anchors can say that. Shepard Smith Read Quote
I don’t know whether it’s age or maturity, but I certainly find myself committed more and more to the looser forms of Western democracy at any price. John le Carre Read Quote