He who knows no hardships will know no hardihood. He who faces no calamity will need no courage. Mysterious though it is, the characteristics in human nature which we love best grow in a soil with a strong mixture of troubles. – Harry Emerson Fosdick
We can choose a future where we export more products and outsource fewer jobs. After a decade that was defined by what we bought and borrowed, were getting back to basics, and doing what America has always done best: Were making things again. – Barack Obama
I remember the mentoring experiences of some teachers that I had, like a second term home room teacher in public school that really was very helpful to me. – Sanford I. Weill
I actually think of being funny as an odd turn of mind, like a mild disability, some weird way of looking at the world that you cant get rid of. – Calvin Trillin
I find it quite hard to sum up my relationship in a sound bite. I feel that it trivializes it for other peoples pleasure. Its an adventure. – Emily Blunt