"Stick to your knitting (what you're good at), don't compromise, and don't suffer fools."

“Nothing is lost. Nothing is forgotten.It was in the blood, the flesh,And now it is forever.”

Source : Greg Bear (2014). “Blood Music”, p.256, Open Road Media

“When I was 12, I began listening to John Coltrane and I developed a love for jazz, which I still have more and more each year.”

“Linguistics will have to recognise laws operating universally in language, and in a strictly rational manner, separating general phenomena from those restricted to one branch of languages or another.”

“I expect big things from myself but as long as I can keep the commitment and dedication and put the hard work in, I don't see why there's any reason not to handle it OK.”

“When I've got massive projects to be getting on with, I find myself open to distractions, particularly when deadlines are involved.”

“One can't help but be a bit melancholy when you see how the world has changed, and I don't mean that nostalgically.”

“Saying that I've THOUGHT about it doesn't mean that I'm DOING it.”

Source : "Alex Trebek, 71, says leaving 'Jeopardy' not in the cards, for now". www.foxnews.com. May 29, 2012.

“Nothing is unimportant to a man plunged in despair. He is as credulous as a criminal sentenced to death who listens to a lunatic raving to him about how he can escape through the keyhole.”