There is something sinister, something quite biographical about what I do – but that part is for me. Its my personal business. I think there is a lot of romance, melancholy. Theres a sadness to it, but theres romance in sadness. I suppose I am a very melancholy person. – Alexander McQueen
If I could create one job in the private sector by helping to grow a business, that would be one more than Congress has created in the last six months. – Evan Bayh
Youth is in a grand flush, like the hot days of ending summer and pleasant dreams thrall your spirit, like the smoky atmosphere that bathes the landscape of an August day. – Donald G. Mitchell
Back then, if you had a sore arm, the only people concerned were you and your wife. Now its you, your wife, your agent, your investment counselor, your stockbroker, and your publisher. – Jim Boulton
Vets do what doctors used to – diagnose the injury or the condition, patch it up as best they can and remind you that these things happen and that in life we are also in the midst of death. – Jane Smiley
