"Difficult as it often is to grasp someone else's pain, it is easy to judge another's behavior."

“There is very little difference between men and women in space.”

“From a purely external point of view there is no will; and to find will in any phenomenon requires a certain empathy; we observe aman's actions and place ourselves partly but not wholly in his position; or we act, and place ourselves partly in the position of an outsider.”

“Philanthropy is activism.”

Source : "Cause/Effect". Interview with David Bohnett, www.latimes.com. September 16, 2014.

“Our losses... have reached and intolerable level.”

“All revolutions are bloody. The October Revolution was bloodless, but it was only the beginning”

Source : Dmitri Volkogonov (1998). “Trotsky: Eternal Revolutionary”, Simon and Schuster

“The corporate scandals are getting bigger and bigger. In a speech on Wall Street, President Bush spoke out on corporate responsibility, and he warned executives not to cook the books. Afterwards, Martha Stewart said the correct term was to saute the books.”

“When it comes to innovation, business has much to learn from design. The philosophy in design shops is, 'try it, prototype it, and improve it'.”

“I haven't had an orthodox career.”