Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

Don't be took quick to belive anything you read.

I have oftenregretted my speech, never my silence.

To sit alone in the lamp light with a book spread out before you-such is a pleasure beyond compare.

The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.

Power, however it has evolved, whatever its origins, willnot be given up without a struggle.

I'mjust preparing my impromptu remarks.

The most successful man in the life is the man who has the best information.

Decisionis the spark that ignites action. Until a decision is made, nothinghappens.... Decision is the courageous facing of issues, knowing that if theyare not faced, problems will remain forever unanswered.

Do not despair, not even over the fact that you don't despair.

The mostimportant things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it;to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.