In prosperity, our friends know us; in adversity, we know our friends.

As a state we are so uniquely positioned in so many ways. Our geography, our placement in the country, and our history positions us to be the state that propels energy efficiency as an industry.

Jennifer Granholm

I love food.

Amy Winehouse

It's the admirer and the watcher who provoke us to all the inanities we commit.

Seneca (Seneca the Elder)

Compromise is usually bad. It should be a last resort. If two departments or divisions have a problem they can't solve and it comes up to you, listen to both sides and then pick one or the other. This places solid accountability on the winner to make it work. Condition your people to avoid compromise.

Robert Townsend

Every family is different. I am mom and I am dad and I'm going to do my best. You should be proud, walk through life saying I have the coolest family. I am part of a modern family.

Ricky Martin

Force always attracts men of low morality, and I believe it to be an invariable rule that tyrants of genius are succeeded by scoundrels.

Albert Einstein

Nor is the people's judgement always true;The most may err as grossly as the few.

John Dryden, Absalom and Achitop

Realizing our society as it is, without theology dogmatically telling us how we should react to it, and being humane toward that society, that is all that we're sure of.

Vidal Sassoon

Short of being prime minister there isn't a better job in British politics than running London.

Kenneth Robert Livingstone

Red Sox fans have been pushed to the brink over the years, but that's how faith grows stronger.

Julianna Baggott

I come from a family of very devout, praying people. That idea of peace and love toward humanity shouldn't be nationalistic or denominational. It should be a chief concern for all mankind.

Mos Def

It is still a surprise when people tell me that I've had an influence on them, particularly when it's someone I really respect.

Bonnie Raitt