The joint lubrication was not what it was when I was competing, and I decided that not having arthritis or rheumatism for the rest of my life was a lot more important to me than returning to the track.

There are laws for peace as well as war.

Titus Livius

I would say I was always very ambitious and goal-oriented, but rather than being just a go-getter hustler, now I surrender a lot more and I trust my path a lot more.

Jenna Dewan

Lockhart'll sign anything if it stands still long enough.

J.K. Rowling

I come from an Italian family. One of the greatest and most profound expressions we would ever use in conversations or arguments was a slamming door. The slamming door was our punctuation mark.

Mario Batali

I never cease being dumbfounded by the unbelievable things people believe.

Leo Rosten

The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave.

Thomas Jefferson

One is to ensure that the war fighters and the intelligence analysts get the information that they need when they need it, in a format that's useful to them.

Stephen Cambone

This is not Johnson's war. This is America's war. If I drop dead tomorrow, this war will still be with you.

Lyndon B. Johnson

I dabbled in things like Howlin' Wolf, Cream and Led Zeppelin, but when I heard Son House and Robert Johnson, it blew my mind. It was something I'd been missing my whole life. That music made me discard everything else and just get down to the soul and honesty of the blues.

Jack White

Every beginning has an end and every end is a new beginning.

Santosh Kalwar

There has never yet been a man in our history who led a life of ease whose name is worth remembering.

Theodore Roosevelt

Man is a substance clad in shadows.

John Sterling