When we got into office, the thing that surprised me the most was that things were as bad as we'd been saying they were.
Nothing great in the world has been accomplished without passion.
Nothing is as simple as we hope it will be.
I'm struck by the insidious, computer-driven tendency to take things out of the domain of muscular activity and put them into the domain of mental activity. The transfer is not paying off. Sure, muscles are unreliable, but they represent several million years of accumulated finesse.
Deeds, not words shall speak me.
The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.
It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.