"Now she looks pale and small, but her eyes make me think of wide- open skies that I have never actually seen, only dreamed of."

“I was born in the Midwest, where salad was cherry Jell-O with bananas in it. Now children are more aware of healthy foods.”

Source : Interview with Rachael Ray, www.rachaelraymag.com. November 1, 2005.

“Never let your fear decide your fate.”

Source : Song: Kill Your Heroes

“It is sad and wrong to be so dependent for the life of my life on any human being as I am on you; but I cannot by any force of logic cure myself at this date, when it has become second nature.”

Source : Thomas Carlyle, Clyde de L. Ryals, Jane Welsh Carlyle, Kenneth J. Fielding, Ian Campbell (1997). “The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle: 1850”, Duke University Press Books

“Sometimes happiness is a blessing, but generally it is a conquest. Each day's magic moment helps.”

“Companies need connections to their markets to create long-term loyalty.”

Source : Charlene Li, Josh Bernoff (2011). “Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies”, p.278, Harvard Business Press

“Re-examining our reasoning is not something that has come naturally to American statesmen.”

“If you are going to use military force, then you ought to use overwhelming military force. Use too much and deliberately use too much; you'll save lives, not only your own, but the enemy's too.”

“Probably the most honest "self-made person" ever was the one we heard say: "I got to the top the hard way - fighting my own laziness and ignorance every step of the way."”