Kassahun Kebede Quotes & Sayings

My plea to you is to start sweating the small stuff at the expense of some of the big stuff. Washington isn't the land of vast, radical changes, it's a battleship waiting to be nudged in the right direction. Let the legions of information-obese fight on the front lines, and join me in nudging the small nuts and bolts that hold the ship together. — Clay A. Johnson

Every year I make a plan. I do it. It will be done. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

It's really bizarre because no one knows this, but elephants have killed more animal trainers than any other animal. — Vin Diesel

Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others. — Augustine Of Hippo

Transformations don't scare me: it thrills me to become the polar opposite. — Alexandra Roach

I also spoke about the kid who can't be bothered to get A's in every class in high school because they're actually more interested in following their curiosity, so here's another rule of thumb. U.S. News supplies the percentage of freshmen at each college who finished in the highest 10 percent of their high school class. Among the top twenty universities, the number is usually above 90 percent, a threshold that is also reached at several of the top colleges. I'd be wary of schools like that (though I would make an exception for public universities, which draw from disadvantaged high schools from across their respective states). Not every ten-percenter is an excellent sheep, but a sufficient number are for you to think very carefully before deciding to surround yourself with them. — William Deresiewicz