"Clean your freakin' fryer. Be responsible for Christ's sake!"

“It's a cliche that the Senate is broken, and like most cliches, it's true.”

Source : "Transcript: George Packer on ‘The Empty Chamber’". Interview with Tom Casciato, www.pbs.org. October 29, 2010.

“Insecure managers create complexity. Frightened, nervous managers use thick convoluted planning books and busy slides filled with everything they’ve known since childhood……. They worry that if they’re simple, people will think they’re simple minded. In reality, of course, it’s just the reverse. Clear, tough minded people are the most simple.”

“The closer you come to your core, the greater is your joy.”

“In the wake of this disaster, the people of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida should know that the United States Congress stands ready to help them in their time of need,.”

“Thou didst, in strains of eloquence refin'd, Inflame the soul, and captivate the mind.”

Source : Phillis Wheatley (2001). “Complete Writings”, p.115, Penguin

“People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.”

“Before you find out who you are, you have to figure out who you aren't..”

“I'm not going to throw my imagination away. I refuse to lie down to expectation. If I can just hold out till I'm thirty, I'll be incredible.”

Source : "The Heidi chronicles and other plays". Book by Wendy Wasserstein, November 18, 1988.