"There are days when I don't want to go to the gym or find myself not super motivated upon arriving. I would visualize myself playing at the Olympics."

“In the end we all come to be cured of our sentiments. Those whom life does not cure death will. The world is quite ruthless in selecting between the dream and reality, even where we will not. Between the wish and the thing the world lies waiting. I've thought a great deal about my life and my country. I think there is little that can be truly known. My family has been fortunate. Others were less so. As they are often quick to point out.”

“Lead us not into temptation. Just tell us where it is; we'll find it.”

Source : Sam Levenson (2016). “You Don't Have to Be in Who's Who to Know What's What: The Choice Wit and Wisdom of Sam Levenson”, p.56, Open Road Media

“Only the inner vision of God, only the God-blindedness of unreservedly dedicated souls, only the utterly humble ones can bow and break the raging pride of a power-mad world.”

“I believe that we must understand the economy of the situation.”

“I run a taxpayer group - the most powerful guy in D.C., nonsense. OK? There are buildings with thousands of people in them, all lobbying for more spending and higher levels of spending and more government commitments. And there are a handful - a handful of groups that fight for less spending.”

“Her faith in a loving and forgiving God is strong, but she worships laughter.”

Source : Miriam Toews (2013). “Swing Low”, p.72, Faber & Faber

“My daughter, when she was a week old, was diagnosed with congenital heart disease. For the past thirteen years, she's had four major heart surgeries. She's a candidate for - and must have - heart replacement surgery in order to have a long life.”

Source : Interview With Scott B., www.ign.com. February 14, 2002.

“There are those who go to the theatre as they would go to a brothel.”