"Many leaders rely on confidence, the ability to make timely decisions, and hold themselves and others accountable. But some of these leaders have not yet developed resonance, the ability to read the room, understand and appreciate the thoughts and emotions of others."

“Given my last position, that I was the first U.S attorney post 9/11 in New Jersey, I understand acutely the pain and sorrow and upset of the family members who lost loved ones that day at the hands of radical Muslim extremists. And their sensitivities and concerns have to be taken into account.”

Source : "Christie: Both sides playing politics, don't paint all Muslims as 'radical'". www.politico.com. August 16, 2010.

“It's a good day when a goddess gets on the school-bus with you.”

Source : Barry Lyga (2007). “The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl”, p.2, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

“It's one thing to assent to propositions like 'The way of things is ineffable', and quite another to internalise what it is being gestured at by such propositions, to get a sense or feel for mystery. For me, at least, it is in and through ways of engaging with nature that this sense is intimated. These ways include being in the garden.”

“Fear nothing! Have peace until the morning! Heed no nightly noises!”

“It is better, I think, to grab at the stars than to sit flustered because you know you cannot reach them.”

Source : R.A. Salvatore (2009). “Sojourn: The Legend of Drizzt”, p.167, Wizards of the Coast

“The man who discovers a woman's weakness is like the huntsman in the heat of the day who finds a cool spring. He wallows in it.”

Source : Jean Giraudoux (1963). “Judith. Tiger at the gates. Duel of angels”

“I love soup 'cause I don't like to cook. It's so easy to prepare, and it fills you up and gives you all the nutrients you need. It's a well-balanced meal, but you don't have to do a lot of preparation.”

“If you don't talk to your customers, how will you know how to talk to your customers?”