Poverty is uncomfortable; but nine times out of ten the best thing that can happen to a young man is to be tossed overboard and compelled to sink or swim.

Few men in our history have ever obtained the Presidency by planning to obtain it.

If you are not too large for the place you occupy, you are too small for it.

The civil service can never be placed on a satisfactory basis until it is regulated by law.

When I was a vocalist, a lead singer in a rock band, I was a law student at the time. It wasn't a professional rock band, it was for fun. I was already way out of that by the time Phantom came along. Having to learn to sing, it was such duress, having to really try and get to such a quality.

Of course education becomes very very important and that's for our human resource development.

I've always believed in the importance of education and continuing to learn throughout every stage of life.

Listen to my advice; I have some experience. In a way, it is me being a teacher, which is what I wanted to be. I still feel I could go into teaching. What is teaching but passing on your knowledge to those who are at the beginning? Some people are born with that gift.