February makes a bridge and March breaks it.

Be strong to be useful.

Come, my Way, my Truth, my Life: Such a Way as gives us breath: Such a Truth as ends all strife: Such a Life as killeth death.

An oversupply of national sentiment is not the problem in Somalia. The problem is a lack of it. The problem is an oversupply of sub-sub-clannish attitude.

I like the religion that teaches liberty, equality and fraternity.

I believe success is preparation, because opportunity is going to knock on your door sooner or later but are you prepared to answer that?

A metallurgist is someone who can look at a platinum blonde and tell whether she's virgin material or a common ore.

You never have the wind with you - either it is against you or you're having a good day.

You have to be able to negotiate our trade deals. You have to be able to negotiate, that's right, with Japan, with Saudi Arabia.

A true friend to me is someone that comes over for dinner, and hangs out with my daughter, someone I party with on a regular basis.

(The psuedoscience of planning seems almost neurotic in its determination to imitate empiric failure and ignore empiric success.)

Honey, don't walk out, I'm too drunk to follow.

When schemes are laid in advance, it is surprising how often the circumstances will fit in with them.