"You desire to be learned, wealthy, and great, without labor; it is one of the follies still extant in the world."

“Persistence in prayer brings results that casual prayer does not.”

“Every baby saved, every mother helped to choose life is a step in the right direction.”

“The fact is I've been in Massachusetts for the last two weeks, and it seems over the last few days that the price is increasing by the hour at the pump, so there needs to be an aggressive investigation.”

Source : "Hardball" with David Gregory, www.nbcnews.com. April 25, 2006.

“Every ballet, whether or not successful artistically or with the public, has given me something important.”

“For me, I don't expect to have a really amazing meal each time I dine out. Having a good meal with your loved ones - that's what makes the experience.”

“Our basic problem today is that we have two religions in conflict, humanism and Christianity, each with its own morality and the laws of that morality.”

“Strapped by tight credit and plummeting sales, businesses have overhauled the way they manage supply chains, inventory, production practices and staffing.”

Source : "The Outlook for the Economy and Monetary Policy". Janet Yellen's Remarks at the University of San Diego in San Diego, California, www.frbsf.org. February 22, 2010.

“I'm tired of being Scarlett O'Hara. In my next life I'm going to come back as Melanie Wilkes, fragile and helpless.”

Source : Linda Fairstein (1997). “Final Jeopardy”, p.35, Simon and Schuster