It is the duty of government to make it difficult for people to do wrong, easy to do right.

The correct strategy for Americans negotiating with Japanese or other foreign clients is a Japanese strategy: ask questions. When you think you understand, ask more questions. Carefully feel for pressure points. If an impasse is reached, don't pressure. Suggest a recess or another meeting.

John L. Graham

I don't think anything is unrealistic if you believe you can do it.

Mike Ditka

no hay que desesperar de lograr aquello que deseamos, pues la asiduidad, si es constante, consigue el fin que se propone...

Jane Austen

If to live is to progress, if you are lucky, from foolishness to wisdom, then to write novels is to broadcast the various stages of your foolishness.

Jane Smiley

The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.

Orson Welles

A highbrow is a person educated beyond his intelligence.

Brander Matthews

Here's a proposal, offered only partly in jest: no resident of the United States, whether born here or abroad, should get to be a citizen until age 18, at which time each such resident has to take a test.

Eric Liu

Great scientists are Peter Pans, still anxious to classify and explain at an age when most people are concerned with money, power and sex.

David M. Knight

My dad's whole family is in Madras and I was born in America so we didn't have that big Indian community. I don't really have anything interesting to say about it. When I talk about it people are like, 'meh, let's talk about something else.'

Mindy Kaling

So many times, people told me I can't do this or can't do that. My nature is that I don't listen very well. I'm very determined, and I believe in myself. My parents brought me up that way. Thank God for that. I don't let anything stand in my way.

Chantal Sutherland

Aku ingin memilikimu, dari setiap bagian yang tak kupunya, hanya itu cara untuk membuatku menjadi lengkap.

Robin Wijaya

Be careful what you wish for. You never know who will be listening.

Terry Pratchett