"The incompetent quickly throws himself into another impressive enterprise in order to escape his responsibility from previous disaster."

“I used to help my grandfather on the farm, driving tractors, raising crops and animals. I used to feed some of the baby cows and pigs, and I had to be no older than 7 or 8. Then at about 9 or 10 I started driving tractors. It showed me at an early age what hard work was all about and how dedicated you have to be, no matter what you do.”

Source : "Tyson Chandler strips down". Interview with Morty Ain, www.espn.com. July 14, 2012.

“There is inevitably a trade-off between staffing and safety, and as a society we must decide where that balance should be struck.”

“Until our leaders take seriously their responsibility to pass on a healthy and just world to the next generation, I will continue this fight.”

Source : "Four Eco-Documentaries That Will Fuel Your Fire" by Stefanie Penn Spear, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 2, 2012.

“All I have learned through trial and error is to stay alert and aware, especially God smiling @ our silliness.”

“The worst thing an old man can be is a lover.”

Source : Ambrose Philips, Jean Racine, Thomas Otway, Thomas Southern, Nicholas Rowe (1817). “Tragedy of the Distrest Mother Transl. from the Andromaque of Racine, with the Life of the Author by Johnson and a Critique by Richard Cumberland”

“We are creatures of story.”

“I dreamed night after night that everyone in the world was dead excepting myself, and that upon me rested the responsibility of making a wagon wheel.”

“Indonesian people are living in constant fear, in horror. Often they do not realize it, because this state of mind, this 'living in fear', is considered 'biasa'. This fear, also explains why almost nobody rebels, or is willing to start a rebellion against the regime. People are paralyzed by an abstract fear, which actually has its roots in ignorance and insecurity.”