‚9 to 5,‘ that little song, that little story, just won’t ever end. Just like ‚I Will Always Love You,‘ it just keeps comin‘ back, popping up its head in one way or another.

When people are very damaged, they can often meet the world with a kind of defiance.

Change is always tough. Even for those who see themselves as agents of change, the process of starting a new thing can cause times of disorientation, uncertainty and insecurity.

These times are so hard, and they’re getting even harder.

No one is so brave that he is not disturbed by something unexpected.

There are those who believe Black people possess the secret of joy and that it is this that will sustain them through any spiritual or moral or physical devastation.

I had a rat-tail when I was younger. I had this nice Bobby Brown fade, with a rat-tail that was long enough to wrap around my face. I used to chew on the end and bite it.

I’ll always stay connected with Apple. I hope that throughout my life I’ll sort of have the thread of my life and the thread of Apple weave in and out of each other, like a tapestry. There may be a few years when I’m not there, but I’ll always come back.

Edison failed 10,000 times before he made the electric light. Do not be discouraged if you fail a few times.

It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.

If you’re going to wake up early all the time, and you’re working hard, and you’re working out, sometimes you’re going to get tired. It’s OK. It’s acceptable – somewhat. We’re all human, unfortunately.

No matter what time it is, wake me, even if it’s in the middle of a Cabinet meeting.

Remorse sleeps during prosperity but awakes bitter consciousness during adversity.

If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business.

When any calamity has been suffered the first thing to be remembered is, how much has been escaped.

There is no time for cut-and-dried monotony. There is time for work. And time for love. That leaves no other time!

I don’t listen to a lot of new stuff. I just like the old stuff. It’s all quite dramatic and atmospheric. You’d have an entire story in song. I never listen to, like, white music – I couldn’t sing you a Zeppelin or Floyd song.

I assess the power of a will by how much resistance, pain, torture it endures and knows how to turn to its advantage.

I think every chef, not just in America, but across the world, has a double-edged sword – two jackets, one that’s driven, a self-confessed perfectionist, thoroughbred, hate incompetence and switch off the stove, take off the jacket and become a family man.

We’re not a fragile people. We’re not a frightful people. Our power doesn’t come from some self-declared savior promising that he alone can restore order as long as we do things his way. We don’t look to be ruled.

Over the years I’ve seen people lose a spouse and then withdraw and lose interest in life, and I believe we need to resist that.

Israel was not created in order to disappear – Israel will endure and flourish. It is the child of hope and the home of the brave. It can neither be broken by adversity nor demoralized by success. It carries the shield of democracy and it honors the sword of freedom.

I don’t mind people hating me, because it pushes me.

I’m not the sort of person who gives up on things. The first time we crossed the Atlantic in the balloon, it crashed, and we went on and did the Pacific. First time we crossed the Atlantic in a boat, it sank, and we went on and got the record. So, generally speaking, we will pick ourselves up, brush ourselves down, and carry on.

People say you have to hit rock bottom, and, I can tell you, almost dying is as rock bottom as it gets.

Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way. And don’t pray when it rains if you don’t pray when the sun shines.

Freedom is what you do with what’s been done to you.

We can do anything we want to if we stick to it long enough.

You know, there is always times where you feel discouraged and things coming against you, but I don’t know if I ever wanted to throw in the towel.

When life is too easy for us, we must beware or we may not be ready to meet the blows which sooner or later come to everyone, rich or poor.

You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with courage and with the best that you have to give.

I like to reminisce with people I don’t know.

Early on in my life, I had a broken soul. I was abused by my father, abandoned by my mother and ended up in a destructive first marriage. By the time I was 23, I was broken in my soul. I didn’t know how to think right. I felt wrong about everything. But God stepped into my life, and I came out on the other side and didn’t even smell like smoke.

The worst days are when you feel foggy in the head – chemo-brain they call it. It’s awful because you feel boring. As well as bored. And stupid. And resigned.

Context and memory play powerful roles in all the truly great meals in one’s life.

The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character.

I am proud to have been born in Iowa. Through the eyes of a ten-year-old boy, it was a place of adventure and daily discoveries – the wonder of the growing crops, the excitements of the harvest, the journeys to the woods for nuts and hunting, the joys of snowy winters, the comfort of the family fireside, of good food and tender care.

People need hard times and oppression to develop psychic muscles.

But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.

Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained.

Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.

When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.

Those people in New York are not gonna change me none.

Even when we have physical hardships, we can be very happy.

The pressure of adversity does not affect the mind of the brave man… It is more powerful than external circumstances.

Maturity is the ability to reap without apology and not complain when things don’t go well.

The one thing I regret was that my work required an enormous amount of my time, and a lot of travel.

Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.

If you have the ability to pick yourself up by the bootstraps and start over, you come out stronger because you learn from whatever mistakes you made.

I’m not resigned, but I’m realistic too. The statistics in my case are very poor. Not many people come through esophageal cancer and live to talk about it, or not for long. And the other wager is, the part of the wager, it’s a certainty you’ll have a terrible time and you may wish you were dying because it’s an awful process.

If you’re going through hell, keep going.

There are certain things that bother me and certain things that don’t. Personal attacks on me? I think I’m just so used to it.

This lady is not for turning.

I got the stern end of the stick. It was kind of that iron fist. I am who I am today because of my mother.

People have told me, ‚You shouldn’t bring your daughter onto the podium, ‚cause it’s the workplace,‘ and things like that. But I’m not gonna really listen to that. I’m gonna do what I think is fun for me and my family, and everything’ll be all right.

Great tragedy has come to us, and we are meeting it with the best that is in our country, with courage and concern for others because this is America. This is who we are.

I listen to my old records and I think, ‚How did I ever get on the radio?‘

So, for example, a country was into recession right after I was sworn in, a dot-com bust had taken place. Then the attacks of September the 11th, and then of course the great financial meltdown in the -the fundamental question facing any presidency is how do you deal with the hand you’re dealt?

Nobody, as long as he moves about among the chaotic currents of life, is without trouble.

The only way round is through.

The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie, deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive and unrealistic.