First rule of politics: you can't win unless you're on the ballot. Second rule: If you run, you may lose. And, if you tie, you do not win.
It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.
The song that's affected me the most profoundly is probably Michael Jackson's 'Thriller,' or, more specifically, the couple seconds of instrumental break before Vincent Price starts 'rapping.'
I still believe nonfiction is the most important literature to come out of the second half of the 20th century.
A strong realization hits me. Any of us could die at any minute. In a second... we could die. Fall apart. Gone.
"There are two ways to do great mathematics. The first is to be smarter than everybody else. The second way is to be stupider than everybody else -- but persistent.
When moments to remember happen, you have to pause a second to appreciate them. Otherwise none of this is worth it. And getting married to you is definitely a moment to remember.
Progress always involves risk; you can't steal second base and keep your foot on first.
The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is silence, the second listening, the third memory, the fourth practice, the fifth teaching others".
Having appeared at the end of the first creation, man [and women] stand at the beginning of the second, since the world is transfigured through [them].
I deliberately try not to cater for the commercial market, so I can't see myself in competition, you know, with second or third generation rock stars.
Russia will not soon become, if it ever becomes, a second copy of the United States or England - where liberal value have deep historic roots.
My first interest in baseball is the welfare of baseball itself. My second is the Cincinnati Reds, and my third is Warren Giles.
At this point I was strongly advised that I was too young socially to go to college so I took a second senior year at Andover, another boarding school.
You can't go over every beat, every second, and worry about how you can do it better - it'll eat you alive.
The intellect of man is forced to choose Perfection of the life, or of the work And if it take the second must refuse A heavenly mansion, raging in the dark.
You have to give 100 percent in the first half of the game. If that isn't enough, in the second half, you have to give what's left.
Strive to follow your big dreams. If you fail, cherish the valuable experience gained during the process. There’s always a second time.
My friends asked me to be a reverend at their wedding in France a few years ago. I went on the Internet, and within 15 seconds, I was printing out a certificate which allowed me to officiate at their wedding.
In my second year in Los Angeles, when I was eighteen, I wasn't getting any bookings, so I stopped going out, stopped partying. It was a matter of getting to the work. I had to focus.
Work is of two kinds: first, altering the position of matter at or near the earth's surface relative to other matter; second, telling other people to do so.
