A teacher sent the following note home with a six-year-old boy 'He is too stupid to learn. ' That boy was Thomas A. Edison.
I've made so many mistakes and I always thought I'd have time to correct them!
Do you understand the difference between dying for something and dying for nothing? The only reason I fought so hard to stay alive in China was because I didn't want to die for nothing. Today I can die for something - my way, my choice.
I am more than willing to be judged by the people you claim to represent. I will let them decide what price I should pay. But please do not sit there with that smug look on your face and expect me to regret the decisions I have made. Because, sir, the truth is I don't.
The only reason you're still conscious is because I don't want to carry your body.
Some part of getting a second chance is taking responsibility for the mess you made in the first place.
I have killed two people since midnight, I haven't slept in over 24 hours. So maybe. . . maybe you should be a little more afraid of me than you are right now.
We need to upgrade and modernize America`s infrastructure. Our budget is going to have to figure out how to balance those priorities and pay for it and our big goal is to leverage the private sector dollars as much as possible so that the public taxpayer isn`t paying for all of this.
I was struck by the fact that I hadn't been awed in a while. Did that mean awesome things had disappeared from my life? No. What it did mean was that I'd gotten too caught up in distractions and mind mucking to recognize anything as awe-inspiring. . . . I hadn't been paying attention to the beauty around me.
I look at obstacles as opportunities.
As a unique person, I was bullied badly as a teen.