"Polls are frequently taken to try to tease out or determine likely directions and trends, but once taken, they belong to the past, requiring that new polls be taken."

“Motivation is a battle for the heart, not just an appeal to the mind. Passion is always an expression of the soul.”

Source : Patrick Dixon (2005). “Building a Better Business: The Key to Future Marketing, Management and Motivation”, p.159, Profile Books

“... the most fiendish plant I know of, the sort of thing Beelzebub might pluck to make a bouquet for his mother-in-law ... it looks as if it had been made out of a sow's ear for the spathe, and the tail of a rat that died of Elephantiasis for the spadix. The whole thing is mingling of unwholesome greens, livid purples, and pallid pinks, the livery of putrescence in fact, and it possesses and odour to match the colouring.”

“There are parallels between the music and film worlds, but they're really very different. I feel like they're just two different ways to channel my creativity.”

Source : Source: saynsumthn.wordpress.com

“Then in my early teens, when the home computer bubble was blowing, I had one of the first, an Acorn Atom, and used to write primitive adventures on that.”

“If P=NP, then the world would be a profoundly different place than we usually assume it to be. There would be no special value in “creative leaps,” no fundamental gap between solving a problem and recognizing the solution once it's found. Everyone who could appreciate a symphony would be Mozart; everyone who could follow a step-by-step argument would be Gauss; everyone who could recognize a good investment strategy would be Warren Buffett.”

Source : "Reasons to Believe". Personal blog post, www.scottaaronson.com. September 04, 2006.

“I love trains. I dont even mind First Great Western, which is a stupid name because it implies every carriage is first class, but theyre not.”

“When I left school I went on trip around the world - I only got as far as Australia, but like a bloody fool I cut it short because of a girl. It's probably one of my big regrets in life.”

“I had a happier experience of the city as an actress than I had had as a model.”