"Right now it's only a notion, but I think I can get the money to make it into a concept, and later turn it into an idea."

"Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons."

"Seventy percent of success in life is showing up."

"I failed to make the chess team because of my height."

"Equipped with cell phones, beepers, and handheld computers, the 'conspicuously industrious' blur the line between home and office by working anytime, anywhere."

"Revived in this country the long forgotten beauties of Gothic architecture."

"If you want to understand what is going on in the White House today, you have to begin with Barack Obama."

"You want to come home to a nice firm bed with the corners tucked in so you start over, like each night is like a new night."