"Men in business are in as much danger from those at work under them as from those that work against them."

“Sometimes I feel like a tree on a hill, at the place where all the wind blows and the hail hits the tree the hardest. All the people I love are down the side aways, sheltered under a great rock, and I am out of the fold, standing alone in the sun and the snow. I feel like I am not part of the rest somehow, although they welcome me and are kind. I see my family as they sit together and it is like they have a certain way between them that is beyond me. I wonder if other folks ever feel included yet alone.”

“People assume I'm out there having this great life, but money doesn't erase the pain. When you're young you barrel through life, making choices without thinking of repercussions. A few years down the line, you wake up in a certain place and wonder how the hell you got there.”

“Self-respect knows no considerations.”

“Living rationally and authentically does not mean that you map out your future by thinking carefully about what it would be like if you chose one path versus another path and then choosing on that basis.”

“A horsefly can't do a horse much real damage, but it can drive it wild anyhow.”

Source : "The United State of Atlantis". Book by Harry Turtledove, 2008.

“A certain recluse, I know not who, once said that no bonds attached him to this life, and the only thing he would regret leaving was the sky.”

Source : Yoshida Kenko (2009). “Essays in Idleness”, p.11, Cosimo, Inc.

“All the problems sitting there are an invitation for you to be creative, make use of your skills and resources and find a solution.”

“Engineering is a jeans and hoodie culture, and sales is more formal.”