Dileesh Pothan - Clearly the encouragement I received after 'Mahesh...' helped in the making of 'Thondimuthalum.'

Satya Nadella - I deeply appreciate all the support and encouragement I have received from people all across India.

Stephen Fry - Gays are not interested in making other people gay…But homophobes are interested in making others homophobic.

Vetrimaaran - Awards are an encouragement. An award is not something we aim at while making a film.

Tim O'Brien - I received my draft notice right after graduation from college and had three months before going into the Army in September to think about it.

Gloria Steinem - Clearly no one knows what leadership has gone undiscovered in women of all races, and in black and other minority men.

Jerry Seinfeld - That's the true spirit of Christmas; people being helped by people other than me.

Mario Andretti - I like to think that the Grand Prix helped Long Beach to pretty much change its image.

Hubert H. Humphrey - The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it.

Simon Newcomb - In 1858 I received the degree of D. S. from the Lawrence Scientific School, and thereafter remained on the rolls of the university as a resident graduate.

Frederick Reines - I received my undergraduate degree in engineering in 1939 and a Master of Science degree in mathematical physics in 1941 at Steven Institute of Technology.

Frederick Douglass - I prayed for freedom for twenty years, but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.

Vernon Law - They couldn't sign me until after I graduated, but right after graduation day, I had nine different organizations there wanting to sign me.

Ina Garten - If you think about a Thanksgiving dinner, it's really like making a large chicken.

Paul Engle - The sharpest memory of our old-fashioned Christmas eve is my mother's hand making sure I was settled in bed.

Shamita Shetty - I have made many decisions that I probably shouldn't have made, but life is about making mistakes, learning and moving on.