While many of my musicals deal with big themes and ideas, I don’t intentionally go looking to write shows like that. A story will interest me, and then somewhere along the way, I discover that hidden inside are these epic themes. Stephen Schwartz Read Quote
Charleston is one of the best built, handsomest, and most agreeable cities that I have ever seen. Marquis de Lafayette Read Quote
As we’ve seen, deploying large armies abroad won’t always be our best offense. Countries typically don’t want foreign soldiers in their cities and towns. John O. Brennan Read Quote
The battleground has been moderates of all faith traditions in all the countries of the world against the radicals of all faith traditions in all parts of the world. Feisal Abdul Rauf Read Quote
The Exxon Valdez spill triggered a swift and strong response that changed policies about shipping, about double-hulled construction. A number of laws came into place. Sylvia Earle Read Quote
When you work for somebody who is very technical, and understands and has creative solutions to your problems, it spurs you along and stops you making excuses for things. And I found that very useful. David Perry Read Quote
The consequences of overestimating a company and your ability to analyse it are greatly diminished when you’re paying a lot less for it than your analysis shows it is worth. Whitney Tilson Read Quote
I’ve zeroed in on what you would call action and excellence… Everybody who does anything to try to succeed has to give the best of themselves, and art has made me pull the best out of myself. LeRoy Neiman Read Quote
I favor the abolition of all Social Security, Medicare and estate taxes. In their place, we should create a simple income tax system that has no deductions or credits at all. Ari Fleischer Read Quote