"Diligence is the mother of good luck."

“I always loved the idea of learning martial arts, but it wasn't until I was in my 20s that I really started doing it and taking up karate.”

Source : "Kelly Hu's Ninja Bad Girl Joins Tonight's 'TMNT'". Interview with Charles Webb, www.mtv.com. February 01, 2013.

“Prior to the 1976 Olympics, I was a 5,000m runner.”

“I often try to think about, What sounds like a bad idea, but if you find the right plan of attack, it's actually a really good idea? I spend a lot of time really trying to systematically tackle problems from different angles.”

Source : Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

“Day-dreams without work do not amount to anything; it is the actual work that counts.”

“Cyclists are a pain in the ass.”

“Hatred and bitterness and anger only consume the vessel that contains them. It doesn't hurt another soul.”

Source : "Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter still fighting long after boxing days pass" by Eliott C. McLaughlin, www.cnn.com. February 26, 2011.

“The short version is that I started an internet diary a long, long time ago (six years!) because I was bored with my job. I figured I would write a few funny things a few times a week until I had enough material to do stand-up. After two or three weeks, I emailed it to some friends. They emailed it to other friends, and more people started reading. Eventually, I realized that stand-up was scary and it would be much easier to just keep writing this stuff at work.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net

“In the long run, the replacement of the precise and disciplined language of science by the misleading language of litigation and advocacy may be one of the more important sources of damage to society incurred in the current debate over global warming.”