"For many people in the U.N., the 1990s was the worst decade the organization experienced. This was the decade of Somalia, Srebrenica, of Rwanda and so forth, and yet the reality is, during this period, although there were these awful conflicts, the overall number of wars had gone down."

“Your patience may have long to wait,Whether in little things or great,But all good luck, you soon will learn,Must come to those who nobly earn.Who hunts the hay-field overWill find the four-leaved clover.”

“Failing is not the worst thing in the world; quitting is”

“Financial crises are like fireworks: they illuminate the sky even as they go pop.”

“We can aim to create a culture, where kids ask for healthy options instead of resisting them.”

“To have the kind of success I have had is really amazing, and I am incredibly grateful.”

“A long time ago, when I was married, in the beginning it was bliss. I eloped after one month, and I married for security. I thought, 'I finally met a man who loves God and comes from a great family. I'm working, I love God, and I'm out here in California by myself, and I've met this great man.' So, I said yes. And we eloped.”

Source : "Exclusive: Tichina Arnold On Her Past Love Mistakes and Preparing to Remarry". Interview with Charli Penn, www.essence.com. March 27, 2012.

“Ah well, I suppose it has come to this… Such is life!”

Source : Ned Kelly's last words before he was hanged in the Melbourne Jail, November 11, 1880.

“I think I'm getting better at being verbal. I used to have a lot of problems with it. I had my own little demons that I was fighting, and I used the banjo as an escape.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net