“I don't think many kids question their surroundings. Everything seems so permanent and inevitable growing up, even chaos.” Quote by Leigh Newman
“After my parents divorced, my father remarried and my brothers were born when I was twelve and sixteen. I was thunderstruck at these kids. The "baby-ness" of them. Their toes. I had never been around babies before.” KidsFatherParentBornBrotherBabyMy BrotherTwelveToesDivorcedSixteen Author:Leigh Newman
“Often, I think that my brothers were the reason I didn't do something really stupid in my teenage years; I didn't want to disappoint them. Even though was I was pretty committed to disappointing everybody else.” ThinkingWantYearsReasonStupidBrotherCommittedMy BrotherTeenageDisappointDisappointingTeenage YearsReally Stupid Author:Leigh Newman
“Even as my family fell apart and things were at their most hopeless, my dad and I found a lot of happiness in the wilderness - sleeping on the cold gravel and killing as many things as we could get our hands on. Even as my mom got progressively more crazy, we found a happiness, in flashes.” HandsFoundSleepCrazyMomColdDadMy FamilyKillingMy DadMy MomWildernessHopelessFlashGravel Author:Leigh Newman
“There was always some germ of joy, some little paramecium of happiness wriggling around, waiting for a chance to get out.” LittlesJoyWaitingChanceGerms Author:Leigh Newman
“The tough thing is how to cultivate a life where the paramecium of happiness gets a lot of chances to get out and swim and make more paramecia. That seems like an obvious universal goal for most humans.” HumansSeemsGoalChanceToughUniversalObviousSwimTough Things Author:Leigh Newman
“I've always been underestimated. It's happened throughout my entire career.” CareersHappenedUnderestimated Author:John Kasich
“If you go into a room of 100-plus people, and you want to be the prince of darkness, you can be it. But I don't operate in the dark, I operate in the light.” PeopleIfsWantLightDarkRoomsDarknessPlus Author:John Kasich
“I'm not a big guy that believes that you gain energy from demonizing other people. I think you gain energy from giving people hope.” PeopleThinkingGivingBelieveBigsGuyEnergyGainsBig Guys Author:John Kasich
“I believe we can solve anything. I believe people working together can lift everybody.” PeopleBelieveTogetherI BelieveSolveLiftsWorking Together Author:John Kasich
“When I listen to candidates spend all their time attacking Barack Obama, I'm glad they're not driving this bus because they'd be looking through the rear-view mirror. I look through the windshield at the road ahead.” LooksViewsMirrorsDrivingGladBarackCandidatesBusAttackingRear ViewRear View Mirror Author:John Kasich