"Laughter is the valve on the pressure cooker of life. Either you laugh and suffer, or you got your beans or brains on the ceiling."

“In the sea of grief, there were islands of grace, moments in time when one could remember what was left rather than all that had been lost.”

Source : Kristin Hannah (2011). “Night Road”, p.384, Macmillan

“Government has become a machine that runs only when gold coins are inserted.”

“So many people are out of their minds.”

“I was pissin' Vince McMahon off when the red on the back of your neck was diaper rash!”

“First steps are always the hardest but until they are taken the notion of progress remains only a notion and not an achievement.”

Source : Aberjhani (2014). “Journey through the Power of the Rainbow: Quotations from a Life Made Out of Poetry”, p.21, Lulu.com

“Urban transport is a political and not a technical issue. The technical aspects are very simple. The difficult decisions relate to who is going to benefit from the models adopted.”

Source : "Cities bear the brunt of air pollution - they can also solve it" by Leo Hollis, www.theguardian.com. April 11, 2014.

“I brought together experts from health care, business, academic institutions, and the community to develop a comprehensive blueprint for eliminating racial and ethnic disparities in health care in the City of Boston.”

“The next time you feel like complaining, remember that your garbage disposal probably eats better than 30 percent of the people in the world”