"I think you've got to worry when you start flying flags. There's a lot of political connotations that come with waving flags around the stage. But the flag will make an appearance. I think it's more likely to be draped around an instrument than waved around."

“Here the system is creating an industry around the drug issue when it does nothing to stop the corrupt military that moves the drugs, and the big banks that are all in cahoots with the President and the big shots in the Congress.”

“Startups are rapidly changing systems. If you use an annual review cycle, you aren't getting feedback at the same pace that you need to adapt and change the business.”

Source : "Continuous Feedback" by Fred Wilson, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 16, 2011.

“Thirty was so strange for me. I've really had to come to terms with the fact that I am now a walking and talking adult.”

“Trolls simply detest the very sight of dwarves (uncooked).”

“I'm an urban person who loves living in the country.”

“When we are collecting books, we are collecting happiness.”

Source : Vincent Starrett (1929). “Penny wise and book foolish”

“A man needs self-acceptance or he can't live with himself; he needs self-criticism or others can't live with him.”

“One idea I explore in my stand-up show is whether, if you try looking at the universe rationally and avoid coping mechanisms like mysticism or religion, you can still be happy knowing you are going to die after a brief time on this spinning ball.”