"The bottleneck is never code or creativity; it's lack of clarity."

“Wait on the Lord" is a constant refrain in the Psalms, and it is a necessary word, for God often keeps us waiting. He is not in such a hurry as we are, and it is not his way to give more light on the future than we need for action in the present, or to guide us more than one step at a time. When in doubt, do nothing, but continue to wait on God. When action is needed, light will come.”

Source : "Knowing God". Book by J. I. Packer, 1973.

“The level of outbreak is beyond anything we've seen-or even imagined.”

Source : "CDC: ‘Window Is Closing’ on Containing Ebola" by Abby Haglage, www.thedailybeast.com. September 2, 2014.

“With the withering of the rose, and with each fallen petal, Allah is reminding us that everything here is passing away. He is reminding us that nothing in this world will remain, except for Allah.”

“I like cats. I used to have a lot of cats, but I don't anymore, now I just have a dog. It does take a certain temperament to have a cat, as they do have certain personalities.”

“Chopsticks or no chopsticks, it was the Chinese who first used knives and forks.”

“I learned, viscerally, something that I knew intellectually: that I cannot protect my daughter from the difficulties as she may encounter in her search for her own identity, and that she will be OK. She has a sisterhood to share the experience with, in addition to her family.”

“Regrets are about decisions that you know you should have done different.”

“Ideas emerge from plays, not the other way around.”

Source : Sam Shepard (1984). “Fool for Love and Other Plays”, Dial Press