No other investment yields as great a return as the investment in education. An educated workforce is the foundation of every community and the future of every economy.

Brands must have a point of view on that purposeful engagement whether it's directed towards the environment poverty water as a resource or causes such as breast cancer or education. Merely declaring your commitment to a category or cause will not be enough the distinguish your brand sufficiently to see a return on these well-intended efforts.

Now that virtually every career is an option for ambitious girls it can no longer be considered regressive or reactionary to reintroduce discussion of marriage and motherhood to primary education. We certainly do not want to return to the simplistic duality of home economics classes for girls and wood shop for boys.

When I first left Iran at the age of 13 Iran had become such a shining star - it was the point to which all my desires and dreams returned.

A pun does not commonly justify a blow in return. But if a blow were given for such cause and death ensued the jury would be judges both of the facts and of the pun and might if the latter were of an aggravated character return a verdict of justifiable homicide.

I simply can't build my hopes on a foundation of confusion misery and death... I think... peace and tranquillity will return again.

I was a sickly baby and after two sets of adoptive parents took me home they returned me to the orphanage because of a serious respiratory infection. But as they say the third time's a charm because my mom and dad adopted me and took me into their home where I was raised in a family full of love.

When a father absent during the day returns home at six his children receive only his temperament not his teaching.

Every parent is at some time the father of the unreturned prodigal with nothing to do but keep his house open to hope.

My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return.