"Tis well to be merry and wise, 'Tis well to be honest and true; It is best to be off with the old love, Before you are on with the new."

“I want to play for my country, play for everybody, and I want to be there. I just feel like I have so many feelings and I want to play in the Olympics and feel how special if I can win that tournament.”

“Please drop a note to the clerk of the weather, and have a good, rousing snow-storm -- say on the twenty-second. None of your meek, gentle, nonsensical, shilly-shallying snow-storms; not the sort where the flakes float lazily down from the sky as if they didn't care whether they ever got here or not, and then melt away as soon as they touch the earth, but a regular business-like whizzing, whirring, blurring, cutting snow-storm, warranted to freeze and stay on!”

Source : Kate Douglas Wiggin (2016). “KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN – Ultimate Collection: 21 Novels & 130+ Short Stories, Fairy Tales and Poems for Children (Illustrated): Including Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm & Penelope Hamilton Series: Rose o' the River, A Summer in a Cañon, The Birds' Christmas Carol, Timothy's Quest, The Arabian Nights, Golden Numbers & many more”, p.1409, e-artnow

“It often happens that less depends upon the valor of an army than the skill of the leader.”

“I am shocked by the easy attitude of many in the media towards disclosing our Nation's secrets.”

“Obama has built his public image around his ability to bridge divisions - racial, ideological or generational. And that was his reputation, even at Harvard Law School, where he was the first black president of the 'Law Review.”

“Such widely different things as war and picnics will surely show a man up.”

“The best thing to do is try and make sure you're getting something at your end. We had stretches where we didn't get that.”

“All my moves were designed to promote the happiness and wellbeing of my family, rather than fame.”

Source : "Obituaries". www.fpp.co.uk. July 11, 2003.