"Nothing is as uncomfortable, dangerous and hurtful as believing that I'm standing on the outside of my life looking in and wondering what it would be like if I had the courage to show up and let myself be seen."

“I think it's better to have ideas.”

Source : "Fictional character: Rufus". "Dogma", www.independent.co.uk. 1999.

“I had drawn away into the salt, myself, a shell emptied of life.”

“a labor victory must be economic and it must be revolutionizing.”

Source : Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, Rosalyn Fraad Baxandall (1987). “Words on fire: the life and writing of Elizabeth Gurley Flynn”, Rutgers Univ Pr

“God wanted me to be a baseball player.”

“He flung himself from the room, flung himself upon his horse and rode madly off in all directions.”

Source : Nonsense Novels "Gertrude the Governess; or, Simple Seventeen" (1911)

“I don't want people running around saying Gwen Brooks's work is intellectual. That makes people think instantly about obscurity. It shouldn't have to mean that, but it often seems to.”

“I'm just an observer of Java, and where Microsoft wants to go with C# is too early to tell.”

Source : "The future according to Dennis Ritchie". Interview with Danny Kalev, www.itworld.com. December 20, 2000.

“As a child, everyone dreams of finding treasure. There's romance and drama. But as an adult most people aren't going to spend their lives trying to find it.”

Source : "Diving Into Sunken-Treasure Investing" by Shelly K. Scwartz, www.cnbc.com. October 18, 2010.