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“Robert Moses wasn't elected to anything. We're taught that in a democracy power comes from being elected. He had more power than anyone, and he held it for 48 years”
Source : FaceBook post by Robert A. Caro from Jan 12, 2012
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“It is futile for us to try to serve God without the power of the Holy Spirit. Talent, training, and experience cannot take the place of the power of the Spirit.”
Source : Warren W. Wiersbe (2010). “Pause for Power: A 365-Day Journey through the Scriptures”, p.278, David C Cook
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“Till your mental soil with determination. Fertilize your emotional soil with positive words. And plant the seed of your heart's desire with your disciplined efforts.”
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“I like reality. It tastes like bread.”
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“As is the case with all original creators, Charles Chaplin's working life was an amalgam of arrogant self-confidence and deflating self-doubt.”
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“There is something about giving everything to your profession. In Italian, an obsession is not necessarily negative. Its the art of putting all your energy into one thing; its the art of transforming even what you eat for lunch into architecture.”
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“Death should be a celebration. Like a birthday. I want to go up like a rocket when my time comes, and fall down in a cloud of stars, and hear everyone go: ahh!”
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“Today, the average Korean works a thousand hours more a year than the average German. A thousand. ... That is the end of the Great Divergence.”
Source : "The 6 killer apps of prosperity". Ted conference, www.ted.com. 2011.