I was born here in the city, born in the Bronx. Son of a cop. One grandfather was a taxi driver; the other was a firefighter. New York is in my DNA. Joe Lhota Read Quote
As more and more people adopt an urban lifestyle and cities continue to swell, not only does the risk of urban epidemics increase – something we haven’t seen much of for decades – but the need for larger emergency stockpiles can increase, too. Seth Berkley Read Quote
From 8,000 miles away… I would not judge a fellow soldier from a friendly nation and how they are employing their resources. Peter Pace Read Quote
I just want to keep going with the soaps. Maybe it’s because I’m just so used to them. I was 21 when I started ‘Passions’ and did that for nine years. It’s what I know. Lindsay Hartley Read Quote
Asking why rappers always talk about their stuff is like asking why Milton is forever listing the attributes of heavenly armies. Because boasting is a formal condition of the epic form. And those taught that they deserve nothing rightly enjoy it when they succeed in terms the culture understands. Zadie Smith Read Quote
I think your first relationship that you need to master is with yourself, your body, your mind, with your heart when you understand what triggers you have, what makes you upset what causes you to sort of take chances. Richa Chadha Read Quote
Power is an instrument of fatal consequence. It is confined no more readily than quicksilver, and escapes good intentions as easily as air flows through mesh. Mike Pence Read Quote
When you here a conjunto and you hear another conjunto, you think it’s like a continuation of the first. It’s all the same, same, same. There’s no variety, just the same music. Compay Segundo Read Quote
I think that there is a degree of petulance around President Trump and also a degree of sort of blundering incompetence, which is unlike most businesspeople. Mohsin Hamid Read Quote