Quotes

Some kids win the lottery at birth; far too many don't - and most people have a hard time catching up over the rest of their lives. Children raised in disadvantaged environments are not only much less likely to succeed in school or in society, but they are also much less likely to be healthy adults.

Early investment in the lives of disadvantaged children will help reduce inequality, in both the short and the long run.

An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with.

I am an optimist, and I try to think that the light will always prevail in any situation, so it doesn't really make me sad about humanity because I think, deep down, everybody is full of love and light.

People should know that the idea of legal fakes is a complete farce. It would be sad if a new generation thinks that's actually legit.

I am fortunate to have access to an array support and services, and I certainly could not do my job without them. But sadly, not everyone has access to the same resources.

Assad has to be removed, and then you have to actually put someone in that is a qualified leader that can start to build some trust in that area.

A lot of the issue that is happening in Syria is Assad is still there. And after years now, the administration, of saying Assad has to go, the pressure is not being applied to Russia, to Iran - the folks that are propping up Assad - and Assad himself to be able to actually be removed there and to transition to another leader.

Assad has to go. I mean, the way that ISIS can recruit, and the rebels that are in the north, and all the chaos that's happening through a lot of Syria circles around a lot of people that do not like Assad.

It is one of the most saddening things in life that, try as we may, we can never be certain of making people happy, whereas we can almost always be certain of making them unhappy.

Then, of course, there are those sad occasions when a poet or a writer has not grown, and one has to let them go because they're just not making headway. But we have a very clear personal relationship with the authors.

Sadly, it's much easier to create a desert than a forest.

Walt Disney was not a merchant of sadness.

The disintegration of the culture starts with the artist. I'm on a crusade to turn the tide in the arts, to restore dignity to the arts and, by extension, to the culture.

Everyone can have their heart broken. Even if you know the relationship isn't working, it's still sad. Even in a bad relationship, they're part of your life for a long time, and saying goodbye to that can be difficult.

I think my mantra for saying yes to anything is just, 'Oh, I think that'll be a cool, interesting project,' or - sadly! - 'Ooh, this will help my career.'

'Baskets' is incredible - 'Baskets' is so funny and poignant and sad and dark.

Life is sad. People, you know, are going to pass, and you know that you will one day.

If I were surrounded by angels who were purely rational and had no inclinations at all, I couldn't do anything for them. I couldn't make them happy; I couldn't make them sad, I would be entirely useless as a moral agent.

I do commercials, but I also go to Sudan as an ambassador for UNICEF.

There's a sadness about love, a melancholy and a sadness about beauty. It's just part of the human experience of living on this planet.

Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change.

When employees are happy, they are your very best ambassadors.

I'm not the most prolific writer in the world, and, sadly, writing a novel involves a lot of effort.

I was commanding officer of a supersonic fighter squadron, F-8 Crusaders.