"Congress has really set this thing up in a way that they absolve themselves of blame, They have their scapegoats. They can blame the Pentagon. They can blame BRAC. It's hard for voters to say this is Ortiz's fault."

“My bedroom is my sanctuary. It's like a refuge, and it's where I do a fair amount of designing - at least conceptually, if not literally.”

“It is not true that love makes all things easy; it makes us choose what is difficult.”

“In string theory, all particles are vibrations on a tiny rubber band; physics is the harmonies on the string; chemistry is the melodies we play on vibrating strings; the universe is a symphony of strings, and the 'Mind of God' is cosmic music resonating in 11 dimensional hyperspace.”

Source : Reddit AMA, www.reddit.com. March 7, 2014.

“You have to go wholeheartedly into anything in order to achieve anything worth having.”

Source : Frank Lloyd Wright, Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer (1987). “Frank Lloyd Wright: his living voice”, California State University (Fresno)

“Global markets must be balanced by global values such as respect for human rights and international law, democracy, security and sustainable economic and environmental development.”

“To make others less happy is a crime. To make ourselves unhappy is where all crime starts.”

Source : Roger Ebert (2011). “Life Itself: A Memoir”, p.291, Hachette UK

“Don’t confuse progress with winning.”

Source : "What I've Learned: Mary Barra" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. April 26, 2016.

“You want to make people relaxed.”

Source : Source: www.cbsnews.com