A woman's life can really be a succession of lives, each revolving around some emotionally compelling situation or challenge, and each marked off by some intense experience.

You can always edit a bad page. You can't edit a blank page.

What would beauty be if the whole world were blind?

I ask you, what good is a big picture window and the lavish appointments and a priceless decor in a home if there is no mother there?

...you cannot value dreams according to the odds of their coming true. The real value is in stirring within us the will to aspire.

A clever trick does not a concept make.

As Iraqi forces continue the liberation of Mosul, I'm pleased that NATO will be meeting the commitment we made in Warsaw to begin training additional forces in Iraq.

Nor cell, nor chain, nor dungeon speaks to the murderer like the voice of solitude.

When you know the lyrics to a tune, you have some kind of insight as to it's composition.

This machine was a failure to the extent that it could not fly. In other respects it was a very important and necessary stepping stone.

I'm a guy who tries to be successful in all that I do, and when you fall short, it hurts.