"My first customer was a lunatic. My second had a death wish."

“Coaching is helping people discover what they could not discover on their own, so they can become what they want to become.”

Source : Aubrey Malphurs (2006). “Maximizing Your Effectiveness: How to Discover and Develop Your Divine Design”, p.221, Baker Books

“I always thought money was something just to make me happy. But I've learned that I feel better being able to help my folks, 'cause we never had nothing. So just to see them excited about my career is more of a blessing than me actually having it for myself.”

“Amending the U.S. Constitution, the document most sacred to those who love freedom and liberty, is a delicate endeavor and should be done only on the basis of the most clear and convincing evidence that a proposed amendment is necessary.”

“Distance is where people get really confused. If you stand really far away from someone you're like, "That's not me. I'm so far away from that person. That person is so different from me." It's easy to forget that people - refugees from Syria, for example - are exactly like us.”

“After immersing myself in the mysteries of the Electoral College for a novel I wrote in the '90s, I came away believing that the case for scrapping it is less obvious than I originally thought.”

“Losing is like my ex-wife... it's a b****, and it takes a bigger man than me to live with it.”

“America is no longer the melting pot it used to be. It has now become a tossed salad of foreigners that arrive to our shores wanting to keep their culture and forcing our acceptance.”

“I like to look like a person. It drives me crazy when you see women in movies playing teachers, and they have biceps. It totally takes me out of the movie. I start thinking, Wow, that actress playing this part really looks great!”

Source : "Emma Stone: Riot Girl" by Jessica Pressler, www.elle.com. June 8, 2011.