“Barack Obama seemed to think he could win over his enemies. He certainly seemed to believe too much in his own powers of persuasion. One thing’s for sure – he misunderstood the nature of his adversaries.”

All right,” Spook said. He reached to the ground, scooping up a pile of ash. “Let’s just rub this into your clothing and on your face….” Breeze froze. “I’ll meet you back ath the lair,” he finally said.

That isn’t greatness. That’s just foolishness.

As one is blessed, it is his privilege to help those whose lives are not as easy. Unity comes from strife, child.” Page 193

The entire point of life is to find ways to get others to do your work for you. Don’t you know anything about basic economics?

Most people believe that inequality is rising – and indeed it has been rising for a while in a number of rich countries. And there is lots of talk and realization of this.

You are out of control, Rand al’Thor,’ she declared. I do what must be done,’ he said, speaking now from the shadows. He sounded exhausted. … I hate what you just did, Rand,’ Nynaeve snarled. ‘No, “Hate” isn’t strong enough.

Oh, I’m just a happy person.

You could be writing the book that changes your life.

He found insanity no excuse, however, for irrational behavior.

Unfortunately, the simplest things – such as thinking for myself, creating my own reality and being whatever the hell I want to be each day of my life – are a sin. To be a good Christian basically means to give up the reigns of your life and let some unseen force do it for you.

To believe, it seemed, one had to want to believe.

So, there I was, tied to an altar made from outdated encyclopedias, about to get sacrificed to the dark powers by a cult of evil Librarians.

I Write those words in steel for anything else not set in metal cannot be trusted

…Generally people don’t recomend this type of book at all. It is far too interesting. Perhaps you have had other books recomended to you. Perhaps, even, you have been given books by friends, parents, teachers, then told that these books are the type you have to read.

Sometimes it was daunting, knowing how easily I could break things. This one simple curse seemed to dominate my entire life.

Mother Teresas detractors have accused her of overemphasizing Calcuttans destitution and of coercing conversion from the defenseless.

To defeat ISIS and let Iran get nuclear weapons would be to win the battle and lose the war.

Thus far the chief purpose of our military establishment has been to win wars. From now on its chief purpose must be to avert them. It can have almost no other useful purpose.

We want and expect to win the silver or gold. A bronze would be a step back. In fact, we think it would be a put-down if we don’t win the silver or gold.

Sometimes when you lose you win, son. Failure is just life’s way of preparing you for success.

I know I probably never will win the league MVP or passing title. That is not why I play the game. I try to win football games and championships.

To win in Vietnam, we will have to exterminate a nation.

Looking back, of course, it was irresponsible, mad, forlorn, idiotic, but if you don’t take chances then you’ll never have a winning hand, and I’ve no regrets.