In externals we advance with lightening express speed in modes of thought and sympathy we lumber on in stage-coach fashion.

In my second year in graduate school I took a computer course and that was like lightening striking.

Succeeding is not really a life experience that does that much good. Failing is a much more sobering and enlightening experience.

Cutting the deficit by gutting our investments in innovation and education is like lightening an overloaded airplane by removing its engine. It may make you feel like you're flying high at first but it won't take long before you feel the impact.