"I thought you'd be arguing [in the law school], and then I realized you have to read all these cases, and it's mostly writing, and then I just thought, "Well, I might as well stay and get the degree.""

“The only thing Norwich didn't get was the goal that they finally got”

“The Rolling Stones suffered a great loss with the death of Ian Stewart, the man who had for so many years played piano quietly and silently with them on stage.”

“You take girls, for example. They're copying their moms and magazines and everything to know how to act around guys. I mean it's not like in movies where girls like ***** or anything like that. It's not that easy. They just like somebody that can give them purpose.”

Source : Stephen Chbosky (2013). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition”, p.20, Simon and Schuster

“The essence of America - that which really unites us - is not ethnicity, or nationality or religion - it is an idea - and what an idea it is: That you can come from humble circumstances and do great things.”

Source : "Condoleezza Rice outshines Paul Ryan at the Republican convention" by Ana Marie Cox, www.theguardian.com. August 30, 2012.

“To govern is to correct. If you set an example by being correct, who would dare remain incorrect?”

“In each succeeding war there is a tendency to proclaim as something new the principles under which it is conducted. Not only those who have never studied or experienced the realities of war, but also professional soldiers frequently fall into the error. But the principles of warfare as I learned them at West Point remain unchanged.”

“Happiness is not a future event.”

“Fairest and best adorned is she Whose clothing is humility.”

Source : James Montgomery, John Holland (1854). “Sacred Poems and Hymns: For Public and Private Devotion”, p.339