The mind is a wonderful thing. It starts working the minute youre born and never stops working until you get up to speak in public. – Patricia Ann Ball
From my earliest days I have enjoyed an attractive impediment in my speech. I have never permitted the use of the word stammer. I cant say it myself. – Patrick Campbell
Its a damn shame we have this immediate ticking off in the mind about how people sound. On the other hand, how many people really want to be operated upon by a surgeon who talks broad cockney? – Eileen Aitkins
My point is that perceptual bias can affect nut jobs and scientists alike. If we hold too rigidly to what we think we know, we ignore or avoid evidence of anything that might change our mind. – Martha Beck
Power doesnt have to be on such a big scale for powerful things to occur. Within your own home, you can be a powerful woman as a mother, influencing your childrens lives. – Jill Scott
I think public service is a calling and you do it as long as the things that brought you into the office can continue getting you up in the morning and as long as theres still work to get done. – Anthony Foxx
