One of the principal goals in my life has been to avoid embarrassing my children by doing the job I do. I hope I've managed to do that, and I hope that, with the job I'm in now, they are, if not proud, at least unembarrassed by it. I must say, my three are most agreeable children, who do nothing but delight me.

I wanted to be an astronaut and wanted to go to space camp, but then I found out that I was too short to become an astronaut. My mom really made me believe that if I worked hard enough and if I really wanted to do it, I could do it.

Soleil Moon Frye

Of all the hard jobs around, one of the hardest is being a good teacher.

Maggie Gallagher

Man arrives as a novice at each age of his life.

Sebastian Roch Nicolas Chamfort

My downfall raises me to infinite heights.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Like childhood, old age is irresponsible, reckless, and foolhardy. Children and old people have everything to gain and nothing much to lose. It's middle-age which is cursed by the desperate need to cling to some finger-hold halfway up the mountain, to conform, not to cause trouble, to behave well....

Sir John Mortimer, Murderers & O

Doing a little work around the house. I put fake brick wallpaper over a real brick wall, just so I'd be the only one who knew. People come over and I'm gonna say, Go ahead, touch it...it feels real.

Steven Wright

We need to reclaim our American system of limited government, low taxes, reasonable regulations, and sound money, which has blessed us with unprecedented prosperity. And it has done more to help the poor than any other economic system ever designed.

Paul Ryan

Business, that's easily defined - it's other people's money.

Peter Drucker

Best of all is it to preserve everything in a pure, still heart, and let there be for every pulse a thanksgiving, and for every breath a song.

Konrad von Gesner

Your Master Teacher knows all you need to learn, the perfect timing for your learning it, and the ideal way of teaching it to you. You don't create a Master Teacher -- that's already been done. You discover your Master Teacher.

Peter McWilliams

America is the country where you can buy a lifetime supply of aspirin For one dollar and use it up in two weeks.

John Barrymore

My dad says I could sing before I could talk, if that's possible. I was always humming and things like that.

Miley Cyrus