"You don't have to forego education to do anything. Even if you want to go to the NBA, you should read."

“But it all zipped by. One minute Marlena and I were up to our eyeballs, and the next thing we knew the kids were borrowing the car and fleeing the coop for college. And now, here I am. In my nineties and alone.”

“I am a big believer that you have to nourish any relationship. I am still very much a part of my friends' lives and they are very much a part of my life. A First Lady who does not have this source of strength and comfort can lose perspective and become isolated.”

Source : "Winning with People: Discover the People Principles that Work for You Every Time". Book by John C. Maxwell, 2005.

“We cannot let our respect for the FBI blind us from the fact the FBI has sometimes come up short of our expectations.”

Source : "Ashcroft, senators offer plans to investigate FBI" by From Terry Freiden, www.cnn.com. June 20, 2001.

“There's a whole language out there, and one's role as a writer is to stumble around in it.”

Source : "A life in poetry: Ciaran Carson". Interview With Aida Edemariam, www.theguardian.com. January 16, 2009.

“Those who know New York City primarily through tourism or mass culture may think of us natives as possessing certain shared characteristics, not all of them flattering. But the true, volatile charisma of New York lies in how balkanised it is.”

“All good performance starts with clear goals.”

Source : Ken Blanchard, Garry Ridge (2013). “Improve Your Career Performance (Collection)”, p.390, FT Press

“You must never behave as if your life belongs to a man. Do you hear me?' Aunty Ifeka said. 'Your life belongs to you and you alone.”

Source : Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (2008). “Half of a Yellow Sun”, p.283, Anchor

“I will take care of me for you, if you will take care of you for me.”