"It broke my heart into more pieces than my heart was made of, why can't people say what they mean at the time?"

“I am sworn to uphold the Constitution as Andy Johnson understands it and interprets it.”

“Most people don't care who's in charge as long as someone is.”

Source : Tanya Huff (2011). “Nights of the Round Table: And Other Stories of Heroic Fantasy”, p.62, Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.

“Failure is part of success, an integral part. Everybody gets knocked down. Knowing it will happen and what you must do when it does is the first step back.”

Source : Bill Walsh, Steve Jamison, Craig Walsh (2009). “The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership”, p.31, Penguin

“What children we are, even the wisest! When God walks the earth, his steps are often centuries apart.”

Source : Lew Wallace (2016). “Ben-Hur (Diversion Classics)”, p.398, Diversion Books

“A global brand building strategy is, in reality, a local plan for every market.”

Source : FaceBook post by Martin Lindstrom from Aug 29, 2016

“No stars gleam as brightly as those which glisten in the polar sky. No water tastes so sweet as that which springs amid the desert sand. And no faith is so precious as that which lives and triumphs through adversity. Tested faith brings experience. You would never have believed your own weakness had you not needed to pass through trials. And you would never have known God’s strength had His strength not been needed to carry you through.”

“To the outside world, of course, this job is a cinch: 9 to 3, five days a week, two months' summer vacation with pay, all legal holidays, prestige and respect. My mother, for example, has the pleasant notion that my day consists of nodding graciously to the rustle of starched curtsies and a chorus of respectful voices bidding me good morning.”

Source : Bel Kaufman (2012). “Up the Down Staircase”, p.114, Open Road Media

“[Referring to Fourier's mathematical theory of the conduction of heat] ... Fourier's great mathematical poem ...”