"What a strange thing it is to recognize a sound like the shriek of a wounded animal, when you've never heard the shriek of a wounded animal."

“Well, I think the president has clearly submitted us a tight budget, but it's what's called for if we're going to get spending under control and keep the economy moving in the right direction, with economic growth and job creation activity.”

Source : "Dems Call Bush's Budget a 'Hoax'; Pentagon Faces Program Cuts Despite Budget Increase; Two U.N. Officials Suspended over Scandal". "Lou Dobbs Tonight", edition.cnn.com. February 7, 2005.

“The thing about commuting internationally is that you have to be a lawyer or an airline steward to do it successfully.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

“It's hardware that makes a machine fast. It's software that makes a fast machine slow.”

“Never ASSUME, because when you ASSUME, you make an ASS of U and ME.”

“Nothing you will ever do in your lifetime is likely to make you as much money as buying a home and living in it.”

Source : David Bach (2006). “The Automatic Millionaire Homeowner: A Powerful Plan to Finish Rich in Real Estate”, p.4, Crown Business

“You know, people see [August: Osage County], and I tell them that it's based on my family, and they assume that I came from some kind of horrible, hysterical circumstances. That's not true. My family, my nuclear family, was actually very close. My mom and dad were great parents and they encouraged a real rich, creative life for me and my brothers. My extended family, like every family, has some darkness, and some violence of some kind, emotional or otherwise, in their past.”

“As the family goes, so go the children.”

“The title of that great Christmas song was 'Boogie Woogie Santa Claus,' and no one ever heard of it.”

Source : "Patti Page, singer of Tennessee Waltz, dies at 85", www.theguardian.com. January 2, 2013.