"Technology has also had a big impact, especially on the bike. Now everything is tested aerodynamically, wind tunnels are used to optimize performance, and frames, wheels, water bottles are all tested. Even clothing, like my Castelli Stealth Top, is faster than skin."

“I'm excited about what the future will bring and I think the best is yet to come.”

“I dislike death, however, there are some things I dislike more than death. Therefore, there are times when I will not avoid danger.”

“If there is no willingness to use force to defend civil society, it's civil society that goes away, not force.”

“So, I am independently well-off and don't have to do anything, but I still do. I write books, lecture around the world, work with scientists and governments.”

Source : www.urigeller.com.

“When tomorrow comes, think tomorrow's thoughts.”

“How often my soul visits the National Gallery, and how seldom”

“You can't anticipate history. It's only when you look back you see what the Romans did, and what various other empires did, what the British Empire did. We're now beginning to see the long shadow that it created, so one must be hopeful and say that what's going on in Asia, that what's going on in the Middle East, that all these various areas of conflict, that they will pass and move onto another area. But it would seem that the natural order of things is there is this cyclic behavior of destruction followed by a calm period.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com

“We need to stop thinking about infrastructure as an economic stimulant and start thinking about it as a strategy. Economic stimulants produce Bridges to Nowhere. Strategic investment in infrastructure produces a foundation for long-term growth.”

Source : "Obama Needs to Think Bigger About Infrastructure" by Roger McNamee, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 7, 2009.