Quotes of the day, September 13

I was always intrigued when I was growing up, and then in engineering school, with the idea of a perpetual machine. I think of the Wal-Mart culture as that.

Mike Duke

• School
• Culture
• Growing

I have a friend who lives by a three-word philosophy: Seize the Moment. Just possibly, she may be the wisest woman on this planet.

Erma Bombeck

• Moments
• Serious
• Philosophy

I'm not addicted to cocaine. I just like the way it smells.

Richard Pryor

• Way
• Smell
• Cocaine

Anxious toddlers tend to grow into anxious adults.

Bessel van der Kolk

• Adults
• Anxious
• Toddlers

A good decision is our will to do everything we can within our power. It means to serve God with all we've got, be it little or much. Every person can do that.

Soren Kierkegaard

• God
• Power
• Decision