"A love that lasts for twenty years may be better than love, but it isn't love."

“[T]o preserve the republican form and principles of our Constitution and cleave to the salutary distribution of powers which that [the Constitution] has established . . . are the two sheet anchors of our Union. If driven from either, we shall be in danger of foundering.”

“I came to Houston for a job, the reason most people move halfway across the country with a first grader and a five-week-old. I came here to teach at Rice.”

“It is far more important to know myself and take care of myself than it is to look good to others.”

Source : Beverly Engel (2011). “AARP The Nice Girl Syndrome: Stop Being Manipulated and Abused--and Start Standing Up for Yourself”, p.52, John Wiley & Sons

“In our public life, California is on the verge of being a failed state, and no state has failed in the history of this country.”

Source : Source: www.chicagotribune.com

“You can spend an entire day walking around in New York, whereas in L.A., it always ends at some point because you have to find a way to get home.”

“Parents can't indulge our fears. We're supposed to make our kids feel safe, even if we don't feel safe ourselves.”

Source : Source: www.washingtonpost.com

“War should never be thought of as something autonomous, but always as an instrument of policy.”

“To have long term success as a coach or in any position of leadership, you have to be obsessed in some way.”