"Praise be Allah and prayers and peace upon Mohammed."

“We are redefining and we are restating our socialism in terms of the scientific revolution”

“Conservatives shouldn't count on the Supreme Court to do our work for us on Obamacare. The Court may rule as it should, and strike down the mandate. But it may not. And even if it does, the future of health care in America - and for that matter, the future of limited government - depends ultimately on the verdict of the American people.”

“San Francisco has always been my favorite booing city. I don't mean the people boo louder or longer, but there is a very special intimacy. When they boo you, you know they mean you. Music, that's what it is to me. One time in Kezar Stadium they gave me a standing boo.”

“I am convinced that China needs to be a strong trading partner with the United States long term.”

“The truth is that once you get down on the trading floor, you find that the traders come from all walks of life. You don't have to be a rocket scientist to be a trader. In fact, some of the best traders whom I knew down on the floor were surf bums. Formal education didn't really seem to have much to do with a person's skill as a trader.”

“Existence in itself, taken at its least miraculous, is a miracle.”

Source : Rebecca West (1982). “Black lamb and grey falcon: a journey through Yugoslavia”, Penguin (Non-Classics)

“When we clutter our lives with imagined obligations, unnecessary activities, and distractions that only kill time, we dilute the power of our lives.”

“The dead govern the living.”

Source : Auguste Comte (1875). “System of Positive Polity: Social statics; or, The abstract theory of human order”, p.381