"We must give ourselves more earnestly and intelligently and generously than we have to the happy duty of appreciation."

“Gamers co-author the games they play by the choices they make and how they choose to solve problems, since what they do can affect the course and sometimes the outcome of the game.”

Source : "10 Truths About Books and What They Have to Do With Video Games" by James Gee, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 10, 2011.

“You might lose your spontaneity and, instead of composing first-rate Gershwin, end up with second rate Ravel.”

“His voice was the most obnoxious squeak I ever was tormented with.”

“There are many times when a woman will ask another girl friend how she likes her new hat. She will reply, 'Fine,' but slap her hand to her forehead the minute the girl leaves to yipe, 'What a horror!'”

“Sixteen years on the streets and you can learn a lot. But all the wrong things, not the things you want to learn. Sixteen years on the streets and you see a lot. But all the wrong sights, not the things you want to see.”

“Politicians, no matter who they are, shouldn't be able to manipulate the public on a single issue and then call an election at the height of support - that's a little bit of a manipulation of democracy.”

“A godly man is never threatened by the gifts of a godly woman.”

“When a man tells you that he knows the exact truth about anything you are safe in inferring that he is an inexact man.”