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- It is those who concentrate on but one thing at a time who advance in this world. The great man or woman is the one who never steps outside his or her specialty or foolishly dissipates his or her individuality.
- Og Mandino (1923 - 1996)
- It doesn't matter that Cathy was what I have called a monster. Perhaps we can't understand Cathy, but on the other hand we are capable of many things in all directions, of great virtues and great sins. And who in his mind has not probed the black water?
- John Steinbeck (1902 - 1968), East of Eden
- The long run is a misleading guide to current affairs. In the long run we are all dead. Economists set themselves too easy, too useless a task if in tempestuous seasons they can only tell us that when the storm is past the ocean is flat again.
- John Maynard Keynes (1883 - 1946), A Tract on Monetary Reform (1923) Ch. 3
- If economists could manage to get themselves thought of as humble, competent people on a level with dentists, that would be splendid.
- John Maynard Keynes (1883 - 1946), "The Future" Ch. 5, Essays in Persuasion (1931)
- The difficulty lies, not in the new ideas, but in escaping from the old ones, which ramify, for those brought up as most of us have been, into every corner of our minds.
- John Maynard Keynes (1883 - 1946), The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money (13 December 1935)
- I think the primary function of radio is that people want company.
- Elise Nordling, The Future of Radio, SXSW 2006
- Radio provides a place for me to not be alone. I still subscribe to the idea that I listen to a DJ because I care about what he or she thinks. I don't like to just hear my own voice."
- Celia Hirschman, The Future of Radio, SXSW 2006
- For me [video blogging] is like a scrapbook. You have all these video tapes sitting around and have no way to watch them. It's like an archive. It's so much easier than going through the video tapes.
- Mike B. Slone, How To Add Video To Your Blog, SXSW 2006
- There are a lot of people who can't write and maybe shouldn't write.
- Sarah Hepola, How To Add Video To Your Blog, SXSW 2006
- My mom is the most famous thing about my video blog. Everyone likes moms. People enjoy watching people's family.
- Schlomo Rabinowitz, How To Add Video To Your Blog, SXSW 2006
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