I am not sure people realize how big it is to be at the top of the pyramid.

I am not sure people realize how big it is to be at the top of the pyramid.

If (union members) were going to end up paying so much more into the retirement plan or the health insurance read more

If (union members) were going to end up paying so much more into the retirement plan or the health insurance ... why would you want to keep the job? You can't make a living at it.

There are some high-growth assets out there that we can purchase and we can purchase using the currency that we read more

There are some high-growth assets out there that we can purchase and we can purchase using the currency that we have at a reasonably high multiple.

The M-7 is the best performing car that Metro-North has ever had. It survived last winter without a single weather-related read more

The M-7 is the best performing car that Metro-North has ever had. It survived last winter without a single weather-related breakdown. It performed in today's storm without incident. The M-7 travels more than 700,000 miles without a breakdown, although the contract specified only 100,000 miles between breakdowns. The M-7 put Metro-North on track for a record on-time performance for 2005 of more than 97 percent.

Don't let anyone persuade you that anything we do in life less than our own best, is a worthy thing. read more

Don't let anyone persuade you that anything we do in life less than our own best, is a worthy thing. You must never compromise with your life. We know when we are doing first-rate things. When we satisfy ourselves with second-rate things, it is the beginning of a long, long death. We die from that minute.

In today's competitive marketplace, you can't afford to be humble.

In today's competitive marketplace, you can't afford to be humble.

O reason, reason, abstract phantom of the waking state, I had already expelled you from my dreams, now I have read more

O reason, reason, abstract phantom of the waking state, I had already expelled you from my dreams, now I have reached a point where those dreams are about to become fused with apparent realities: now there is only room here for myself.

Whenever I felt like slitting my wrists I used to like listening to depressed singers from the 1970s. It was read more

Whenever I felt like slitting my wrists I used to like listening to depressed singers from the 1970s. It was great music for a misunderstood teenager. And when I'm feeling misunderstood these days, I'll stick on a bit of Leonard Cohen.

This was a huge confidence-builder for our girls. Lauren was so smooth out there today, and she showed a tremendous read more

This was a huge confidence-builder for our girls. Lauren was so smooth out there today, and she showed a tremendous amount of poise for a ninth-grader. There were some rough spots, but this gives us something to build on.