Tyrone Cohen:

In politics, as in management more generally, if you always look good you are doing something badly wrong.

Paul Ford:

Being a mother means that you are always doing something that someone thinks is horrible. It's like wearing sweatpants to a wake.

Donald Rumsfeld:

If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much.

Mark Oppenheimer:

When I am feeling bad for not being more celebrated, my children are a comfort; thinking of more celebrated writers or editors with fewer children is also a comfort. I would call it Schadenfreude, but can one properly take pleasure in others' misfortune if the unfortunate ones don't know that they are unfortunate? If it doesn't bother them, can their lack of fecundity please me?

David Foster Wallace:

If you've never wept and want to, have a child.