"There is nothing new in state interventionism. It is as old and reactionary as societal organization itself. Always, when it permeates the body politic, it kills the nation."

“Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.”

“The little things? The little moments? They aren't little.”

“Master your strengths. Outsource your weaknesses.”

“Even if the whole world turns their back on you, you will always have yourself.”

“Love is the pursuit of shadows ...”

“I'll co-host TODAY from Los Angeles Saturday morning and then make my way up to Merced for that evening's graduation ceremony. I'm still touching up my remarks, but my challenge to the Class of 2010 will be to break through the deafening and too often negative echo chamber of the digital era and become critical and independent thinkers.”

Source : "Lester Holt: Fulfilling a promise to Class of 2010" by Steve Veres, www.today.com. May 15, 2010.

“I never quite trust futurists because I think they're kind of telling us what they think our future should be.”

“I hear Seven Cities natives grow fruit just so they can eat the larvae in them.”