Desire is always followed by boredom. And only love can defeat boredom. Love with a capital L; we all dream of it.

One of the most powerful tools for empowering individuals and communities is making certain that any individual who wants to receive a quality education can do so.

If we want unity, we must all be unifiers. If we want accountability, each of us must be accountable for all we do.

We may disagree on some things, but we can do so without being disagreeable.

It is up to us to live up to the legacy that was left for us, and to leave a legacy that is worthy of our children and of future generations.

I want to work on respecting individuals' dignity. Equal rights, that's where my heart is. That means equal rights and benefits, and that's what we need.

Education is the foundation upon which we build our future.

Education can lift individuals out of poverty and into rewarding careers.

We can leave our legacy only if we are willing to change - to go beyond partisan labels, and to solve the problems facing Washingtonians.

We need to take advantage of the opportunity we have now to create a vision and become great.

I will never be able to create a budget from scratch with the amount of time that I have, but my instructions remain the same: Give me a budget that has no new revenue.

Once again, off this skinny prick of a copper went. BANG! SLAP! PUNCH! It was more like a Batman movie! He could hit me all night, but it wouldn’t make any difference.

You only have one life.Make sure that yours isone you are happyto be living.

I think the person who takes a job in order to live - that is to say, for the money [not for purpose or passion]- has turned himself into a slave.

Minimalism is the intentional promotion of the things we most value and the removal of anything that distracts us from it.

No one knows his true character until he has run out of gas, purchased something on the installment plan and raised an adolescent.

Home was quite a place when people stayed there.

Young people who were relaxed about posting every detail of their life on Facebook become a lot less relaxed when they realise just how transparent their life has become to future employers.

One hundred and ten years from now no one who is here now will be alive.

I go wherever my fare is paid.

He looked at me as if I were a side dish he hadn't ordered.