once it's jam, it can't be strawberries anymore.

It's fear that makes a situation dangerous.

Even enlightened despots don't make very good teachers.

I was unwilling to be the good girl who respected the rules in a game designed to keep everyone but the rulemakers off balance.

Effective leadership is doing important things first. Effective management is knowing what is important.

No sooner was the wound given than the remedy was provided and revealed.

Anarchy is a function, not of a society's simplicity and lack of social organization, but of it's complexity and multiplicity of social organizations.

Don't compete with me: firstly, I have more experience, and secondly, I have chosen the weapons.

We've seen that in the past that where you've had uncertainty, and even where the Fed is raising rates, Treasurys rise as everybody heads for safety.

Look at television and how comparatively few minorities are out there.

He who with sincerity seeks his real purpose in life is himself sought by that purpose.

My parents were gardeners themselves, and perforce they used environmental techniques because it was during the war, and you didn't have the new sorts of chemicals.

I had to fall back and rethink and get into the studio and listen to real r&b music. This is what I do and this is what I need to do.

Loving someone is tiring and it hurts, but it's not something I can stop.