My mom grew up in poverty in Oklahoma - like Dust Bowl, nine people in one room kind of place - and the way she got out of poverty was through education. My dad grew up without a dad, with very little and he also made his way out through education.

I felt my mouth go dry, my throat constrict. What possible interpretation could Peter place on those words, other than that they were about him? - that the entire song was about him?

Jennifer Paynter

Nannies love working in our house because they never know who's gonna walk through the door.

Ruby Wax

We are a people in a quandary about the present. We are a people in search of our future. We are a people in search of a national community.

Barbara Jordan

Money is plentiful for those who understand the simple laws which govern its acquisition.

George S. Clason

Great things seem complex and cause the nations to rush towards the minor things that seem easy to reach, hence, they perish. And again my memory echoesmy people die for lack of knowledge.

Blaise Tshibwabwa

Except that right side up is best, there is not much to learn about holding a baby. There are one hundred and fifty-two distinctly different ways --and all are right! At least all will do.

Heywood Broun

I'm an actor. I try to play a character in a really cool story, the very best I can.

Matthew Fox

We love those who know the worst of us and don't turn their faces away.

Walker Percy

The Oval Office symbolizes... the Constitution, the hopes and dreams, and I'm going to say democracy. And when you have a dress code in the Supreme Court and a dress code on the floor of the Senate, floor of the House, I think it's appropriate to have an expectation that there will be a dress code that respects the office of the President.

Andrew Card

My own experience is use the tools that are out there. Use the digital world. But never lose sight of the need to reach out and talk to other people who don't share your view. Listen to them and see if you can find a way to compromise.

Colin Powell

You will go most safely in the middle.

Ovid

As a student I learned from wonderful teachers and ever since then I've thought everyone is a teacher.

Bill Moyers