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- Nerds don't just happen to dress informally. They do it too consistently. Consciously or not, they dress informally as a prophylactic measure against stupidity.
- Paul Graham, September 2004
- There's the country of America, which you have to defend, but there's also the idea of America. America is more than just a country, it's an idea. An idea that's supposed to be contagious.
- Bono (1960 - ), Oprah Winfrey Show, 2002
- In Ethiopia during the famine, I saw stuff there that reorganized how I saw the world. I didn't quite know what to do about it. At a certain point, I felt God is not looking for alms. God is looking for action.
- Bono (1960 - ), Oprah Winfrey Show, 2002
- Good writing takes more than just time; it wants your best moments and the best of you.
- Gordon Atkinson, RealLivePreacher.com weblog, 10-09-04
- I have never been especially impressed by the heroics of people who are convinced they are about to change the world. I am more awed by those who struggle to make one small difference after another.
- Ellen Goodman (1941 - )
- Desire is the most important factor in the success of any athlete.
- Willie Shoemaker
- Sometimes the measure of friendship isn't your ability to not harm but your capacity to forgive the things done to you and ask forgiveness for your own mistakes.
- Randy K. Milholland, Something Positive Comic, 11-07-05
- In America, they want you to accomplish these great feats, to pull off these David Copperfield-type stunts. You want me to be great, but you don't ever want me to say I'm great?
- Kanye West, Rolling Stone, 2006
- The way we see the problem is the problem.
- Stephen Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
- I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness for it shows me the stars.
- Og Mandino (1923 - 1996)
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