"But we can’t control the environment; all we can control is the way we react to it."

“Red-haired, black-lipped, club-footed, and blink-eyed; if you're a good man, you're a wonder!”

“He uses his folly like a stalking-horse, and under the presentation of that he shoots his wit.”

“If I don't make any money today I'll surely break out in a rash!”

“Consumption is a social relationship, the dominant relationship in our society-one that makes it harder and harder for people to hold together, to create community.”

“If you do believe in science, you really have to actually stand up and make a stand for it. You can't just say, the facts aren't in. Science is always looking for better explanations to everything, but that doesn't mean that when we get on a plane we don't know what's supposed to happen next. And if it doesn't go the way that it's planned, that's a big, big problem. The culture wars are very tricky and make me a little sad.”

Source : Source: www.mtv.com

“The reader has certain rights. He bought your story. Think of this as an implicit contract. He's entitled to be entertained, instructed, amused; maybe all three. If he quits in the middle, or puts the book down feeling his time has been wasted, you're in violation.”

“What I want to do has no end, since I am on the endless frontier of a branch of knowledge.”

Source : Joseph M. Juran (1995). “Managerial Breakthrough: The Classic Book on Improving Management Performance”

“I give up on spending time on these courts; I give up on practicing before the tournament I hate. I hate this.”