"I heavily overinvest in recruiting. I have an understanding with certain search firms that if you find someone great, don't wait until there's a job opening - send him to me."

“If I want to stop a research program I can always do it by getting a few experts to sit in on the subject, because they know right away that it was a fool thing to try in the first place.”

“I don't think this debate is negative, it is enriching”

“Quality is not an act, it is a habit.”

“Entrance into Heaven is not at the hour of death, but at the moment of conversion.”

Source : Benjamin Whichcote (1751). “The works of ... Benjamin Whichcote”, p.194

“You know, I go around the country a lot.”

“I used to be really into traditional meditation, but I found that creating new music is the best meditation. When I'm able to get into that space, nothing else matters, and I'm just a vessel for whatever the message is; I feel like I'm not in control. It's like this organic communication, and I feel like that is the quiet, in a way.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com

“A comedian is not a person who opens a funny door - he's the person who opens a door funny.”

“Love is harsh, and it consumes. And more than anything, it demands sacrifice.”

Source : Tim Lebbon (2006). “Unnatural Selection”, p.171, Simon and Schuster