"My mother should have been Jewish. She could have taught a class on how to induce guilt."

“...but I guess it's better for people to shut up rather than rather than say something nasty. -ONE NIGHT @ THE CALL CENTER Chapter 1 page 22”

“The important word there is inspire. The key difference between managers and leaders is that managers tell people what to do, while leaders inspire them to do it. Inspiration comes from three things: clarity of one's vision, courage of their conviction and the ability to effectively communicate both of those things.”

“I would not invest in any shoe that is too trendy.”

“Assumptions are dangerous things. I like facts a lot better.”

“I would rather be called funny than pretty.”

Source : "Live From" with Kyra Phillips, www.cnn.com. April 9, 2004.

“We are doing what Prince did. Everyone that comes to a show billed as An Evening with Journey will get our new CD. We figured that is our best store because they are our biggest fans.”

“Medicare is a promise we made to seniors more than four decades ago. When President Johnson signed Medicare into law, one in three seniors lived in poverty. Half of seniors had no health coverage at all.”

Source : "The Fiscal Cliff Can’t Be Solved by Throwing Seniors Over the Cliff" by Rep. John Garamendi, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 12, 2012.

“I can fairly be called an amateur because I do what I do, in the original sense of the word - for love, because I love it. On the other hand, I think that those of us who make our living writing history can also be called true professionals.”