“It's just this: that there are places we all come from-deep-rooty-common places- that makes us who we are. And we disdain them or treat them lightly at our peril. We turn our backs on them at the risk of self-contempt. There is a sense in which we need to go home again-and can go home again. Not to recover home, no. But to sanctify memory.”

“Instructions For WayfarersThey will declare: Every journey has been taken.You shall respond: I have not been to see myself.They will insist: Everything has been spoken.You shall reply: I have not had my say.They will tell you: Everything has been done.You shall reply: My way is not complete.You are warned: Any way is long, any way is hard.Fear not. You are the gate - you, the gatekeeper.And you shall go through and on . . .—Alexandros Evangelou Xenopouloudakis,THIRD WISH”

“The world does not need tourists who ride by in a bus clucking their tongues. The world as it is needs those who will love it enough to change it, with what they have, where they are.”

“All I really need to know... I learned in kindergarten.”

“It will be a great day when our schools have all the money they need, and our air force has to have a bake-sale to buy a bomber.”

“If you want an interesting party sometime, combine cocktails and a fresh box of crayons for everyone.”

“On a very local scale, a refrigerator is the center of the universe. On the inside is food essential to life, and on the outside of the door is a summary of the life events of the household.”

“I fear the boredom that comes with not learning and not taking chances.”

“Don't worry that children never listen to you worry that they are always watching you. ”

“I believe it is in my nature to dance by virtue of the beat of my heart, the pulse of my blood and the music in my mind.”

“It's not that I'm not grateful for all this attention. It's just that fame and fortune ought to add up to more than fame and fortune.”