As a nation we have, over the past seven years, been rebuilding our intelligence with powerful capabilities that many thought we would no longer need after the Cold War. We have been rebuilding our clandestine service, our satellite and other technical collection, our analytical depth and expertise.

When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself a public property.

Thomas Jefferson

Poverty must not be a bar to learning and learning must offer an escape from poverty.

Lyndon B. Johnson

There will always be a desire for something new, fresh and innovative, as well as a yearning and respect for timeless elegance and beauty.

Helena Christensen

Sometimes it falls upon a generation to be great, you can be that generation

Nelson Mandela

Life is the dynamic, creative edge of reality.

Eric Parslow

The truth will set you free. But not until it is finished with you.

David Foster Wallace

That does not seem to me to be a grave objection. Thirty-five is a very attractive age. London society is full of women of the very highest birth who have, of their own free choice, remained thirty-five for years. Lady Dumbleton is an instance in point. To my own knowledge she has been thirty-five ever since she arrived at the age of forty, which was many years ago now. I see no reason why our dear Cecily should not be even still more attractive at the age you mention than she is at present. There will be a large accumulation of property.

Oscar Wilde, The Importance of B

Experience is like a comb that life gives you when you are bald.

Navjot Singh Sidhu

We are mathematical equations where your life is the sum of all choices you've made until now. The good news is you can change the equation so that you start making a difference in your life.

Steve Maraboli

'Tis expectation makes a blessing dear;Heaven were not Heaven, if we knew what it were.

Sir John Suckling, Against Fruit

The majority of the stupid is invincible and guaranteed for all time. The terror of their tyranny, however, is alleviated by their lack of consistency.

Albert Einstein

Let us not seek to bring religion to others, but let us endeavor to live it ourselves.

Paul Tournier