For me the best times are always going to be the most intense the ones with the highest highs and the lowest lows.

I don't want to tell President Obama how to make a speech. He's a much better speech maker than I am. But I think always to tell the truth in a sometimes blatant way even though it might be temporarily unpopular is the best approach.

There are times when even the best manager is like the little boy with the big dog waiting to see where the dog wants to go so he can take him there.

The work ahead will be hard. These times demand the best of us - all of us but we can do this. Together we can do this. We can get this country working again. We can get this economy growing again. We can make the safety net safe again. We can do this.

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.

I have lost my seven best friends which is to say God has had mercy on me seven times without realizing it. He lent a friendship took it from me sent me another.

Sometimes the best lighting of all is a power failure.

The best of us must sometimes eat our words.

Confrontation is not a dirty word. Sometimes it's the best kind of journalism as long you don't confront people just for the sake of a confrontation.

Sometimes you get the best light from a burning bridge.

Sometimes you feel awkward being what you're best at you feel like you have to be something new.

In less enlightened times the best way to impress women was to own a hot car. But women wised up and realized it was better to buy their own hot cars so they wouldn't have to ride around with jerks.

I've run the Boston Marathon 6 times before. I think the best aspects of the marathon are the beautiful changes of the scenery along the route and the warmth of the people's support. I feel happier every time I enter this marathon.

Being a blockhead is sometimes the best security against being cheated by a man of wit.

Sometimes your best investments are the ones you don't make.

Take those chances and you can achieve greatness whereas if you go conservative you'll never know. I truly believe what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Even if you fail learning and moving on is sometimes the best thing.

And while the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual it is best for the race because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department.

For a long time now I have tried simply to write the best I can. Sometimes I have good luck and write better than I can.

I know my country has not perfected itself. At times we've struggled to keep the promise of liberty and equality for all of our people. We've made our share of mistakes and there are times when our actions around the world have not lived up to our best intentions.

Experience taught me a few things. One is to listen to your gut no matter how good something sounds on paper. The second is that you're generally better off sticking with what you know. And the third is that sometimes your best investments are the ones you don't make.

I'm selfish impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes I'm out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.

What we have found in this country and maybe we're more aware of it now is one problem that we've had even in the best of times and that is the people who are sleeping on the grates the homeless you might say by choice.

But men are men the best sometimes forget.

Sometimes when you innovate you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly and get on with improving your other innovations.