A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand. Is not the mountain far more awe-inspiring and more clearly visible to one passing through the valley than to those who inhabit the mountain?Kahlil Gibran
A complaint is a chance to turn a customer into a lifelong friend. I say that seriously, not as some press release baloney.Richard Branson
Nico Tinbergen was my doctoral supervisor, and he was a benign, avuncular sort of influence; everybody loved him.Richard Dawkins
If one could be friendly with women, what a pleasure - the relationship so secret and private compared with relations with men. Why not write about it truthfully?Virginia Woolf