Life is a process of becoming a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it. This is a kind of death.

I stopped loving my father a long time ago. What remained was the slavery to a pattern.

We must remind Americans that the promise of opportunity remains unbroken - that every person in this great nation can succeed through hard work courage and personal responsibility.

I admired Eugene McCarthy's courage and although I left his Senate staff after four years to accept a job as the researcher on the editorial page of the 'Washington Post ' I remained an admirer.

Just remaining quietly in the presence of God listening to Him being attentive to Him requires a lot of courage and know-how.

He is a man of courage who does not run away but remains at his post and fights against the enemy.

That is who Barack Obama is - a person of admirable character - and that is who he has remained for me over these last four years. I have not agreed with his every decision but never once have I seen him break his cool lose his composure or abandon his insightful perspective - even during the most serious and/or absurd national disasters.

I just hope that theaters remain. I think there's something very wonderful about getting into a dark room with a bunch of people. There's something cool about that. Brings us all together in one room where we can experience all those emotions.

Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.

In the practical world of computing it is rather uncommon that a program once it performs correctly and satisfactorily remains unchanged forever.