"It was strange how you could never form any conclusion from what women said. It was not that they did not know what they were talking about, but you never drew the right conclusions."

“Type should be beautiful — Screw readable!”

“Our goal in Iraq is victory. Our goal is for a young democracy to be able to sustain itself, govern itself, and defend itself and serve as an ally in the war on terror.”

“Sharper than a serpents tongue, tighter than a bongo drum, quicker than a one night stand, slicker than a mambo band.”

“I speak to the black experience, but I am always talking about the human condition.”

“Bullfighters are Seville's heroes.”

Source : The Scene Interview, www.cnn.com. February 19, 2007.

“A crust of bread and a corner to sleep in. A minute to smile and an hour to weep in. A pint of joy to a peck of trouble, And never a laugh but the moans come double. And that is life. A crust and a corner that makes love precious, With a smile to warm and tears to refresh us, And joy seems sweeter when cares come after, And a moan is the finest of foils for laughter. And that is life.”

Source : Paul Laurence Dunbar, Joanne M. Braxton (1993). “The Collected Poetry of Paul Laurence Dunbar”, p.8, University of Virginia Press

“Poetry is the deification of reality.”

“I'm optimistic about our future as a party. It's about winning. The Democratic Party, if I had to do one word: winning. We need to win elections, because one thing I've learned is that when Democrats win good things happen to a lot of folks, and when we don't do so hot, we see a lot of chaos and carnage.”

Source : Source: www.politico.com