"Luck means the hardships and privations which you have not hesitated to endure, the long nights you have devoted to work. Luck means the appointments you have never failed to keep; the trains you have never failed to catch."

“I think I have learned, in some degree at least, to disregard the old maxim ""Do not get others to do what you can do yourself."" My motto on the other hand is; ""Do not do that which others can do as well.”

“My photography is often a sociological look at American culture, and it's been very well published in the U.K.”

Source : "Lauren Greenfield: 'It's everything the British love to hate about Americans'". Interview with Tim Lewis, www.theguardian.com. September 1, 2012.

“We want work and we want honest jobs. Our minds and our hands will be our keep!”

“The battle for our hearts is fought on the pages of our calendar.”

“The Mayor, Aldermen and Councilors of the City of Nauvoo, IL, before entering upon the duties of their office, shall take and subscribe an oath or affirmation that they will support the Constitution of the United States, and of this State and that they will well and truly perform the duties of their offices to the best of their skill and abilities.”

“Even when you disagree with her, she electrifies your mind.”

“If in order to kill the enemy you have to kill an innocent, don't take the shot. Don't create more enemies than you take out by some immoral act.”

“Baseball means Spring's Here. Football means Winter's Coming.”

Source : Thomas Boswell (1989). “The heart of the order”, Doubleday Books