"What the country needs is dirtier fingernails and cleaner minds."

“I met this girl when I was ten years old, And what I loved most she had so much soul. She was old school, when I was just a shorty Never knew throughout my life she would be there for me.”

“The genius of Shakespeare was an innate university.”

“Since the birth of our nation, the steady performance of the Marine Corps in fighting America's battles has made it the very symbol of military excellence. The Corps has come to be recognized worldwide as an elite force of fighting men, renowned for their physical endurance, for their high level of obedience, and for the fierce pride they take, as individuals, in the capacity for self discipline.”

“Compassion is for the very strong. Compassion does not come to the weak. People who are unkind, bullies, use rude language, are not strong people. They are very weak people.”

“What helped me was working with my breathing, specifically, using my breathing to stay sharp and focused under pressure and then cool and calm when the pressure was relieved.”

“Before there was an Internet, before there was an A.O.L., the circulation of newspapers was going down.”

Source : Interview with Paul Sagan, John Huey, Martin Nisenhotlz, www.digitalriptide.org. April 4, 2013.

“I met a lot of young girls modelling and they were like, 'Oh, I'm running around town and people are taking my picture', while I was saving receipts and learning how to be self-employed.”

Source : "Mad Men and me: Christina Hendricks interview". Interview with Hadley Freeman, www.theguardian.com. September 16, 2011.

“We have to work harder to develop a profound theology of women within the church. The feminine genius is needed wherever we make important decisions.”