"Its a marathon, its not a sprint. Ten years. Fifteen years. You've got to get up everyday, with a new idea, a new spin, and you've got to bring it to work, every day"

“I would never do it because if I took steroids, I would hit 60 or 70 home runs.”

Source : "Reigning NL MVP Ryan Braun Has Reportedly Tested Positive For Performance-Enhancing Drugs" by Ariel Sandler, www.businessinsider.com. December 12, 2011.

“Sick people, particularly those with serious conditions, greatly prefer the company of their friends and family to residence in a hospital or nursing home.”

Source : "Millions of Lives Will Be Changed By Home Health Care Cuts" by David Mixner, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 28, 2010.

“The most common cause of low prices is pessimism - sometimes pervasive, sometimes specific to a company or industry. We want to do business in such an environment, not because we like pessimism but because we like the prices it produces.”

“[Puggles] "What population signs on willingly for slavery?" "You mean other than wives?" [Glinda]”

Source : Gregory Maguire (2011). “Out of Oz: The Final Volume in the Wicked Years”, p.37, Harper Collins

“If I collect anything, it's lingerie.”

“All a singer needs is voice and expression anything else you have is an asset to your profession.”

“Allow yourself to trust joy and embrace it. You will find you dance with everything.”

“Self-censorship, the most important and most successful form of censorship, is rampant. Debate is identified with dissent, which is in turn identified with disloyalty. There is a widespread feeling that, in this new, open-ended emergency, we may not be able to 'afford' our traditional freedoms.”