But what if I fail of my purpose here? It is but to keep the nerves at strain, to dry one’s eyes and laugh at a fall, and baffled, get up and begin again. Robert Browning Read Quote
There’s nothing in the world like getting up in front of a high-school classroom in New York City. They won’t give you a break if you don’t hold them. There’s no escape. Frank McCourt Read Quote
Task switching is hard because we do not control what is on our mind. Despite our efforts, the original task continues to occupy our mental bandwidth. Although we can control where our time goes, we cannot fully control how our bandwidth is allocated. Sendhil Mullainathan Read Quote
I’m a teacher and a philosopher by nature… In the end, I’m trying to teach people to live a better life. And if I can do that on top of entertain, then I leave the world a better place. Carlos Mencia Read Quote
I find award functions laughable. To me, it is just like an extension of a college annual day function. Kay Kay Menon Read Quote
Hearing that people read my books when they were sick, or that the books helped them find an escape when they were having a hard time… stuff like that makes all the hard work pay off. Sarah J. Maas Read Quote
I have done a lot of work for affordable housing, rental housing. I understand the rap on me and other liberals is, oh, we push poor people into homeownership. And it’s exactly the opposite of the case. We were trying to prevent those kinds of bad loans. Barney Frank Read Quote
The Lakers have been part of the process of revitalizing downtown L.A. That’s what my dad’s passion was. He loved to win, but he loved this city. He wanted this city to be proud of its team. Jeanie Buss Read Quote
If we can survive being married and working on a soap together, commuting back and forth when we lived in New Jersey, and we didn’t get divorced then, we’re never gonna get divorced. Mark Consuelos Read Quote
As the news agenda goes into warp speed, it becomes ever more difficult for authors writing about current events to keep their books timely and relevant. Heather Brooke Read Quote
