"Conservatism is the blind and fear-filled worship of dead radicals."

“Achieving gender equality is about disrupting the status quo - not negotiating it.”

“One volcano puts out more toxic gases - one volcano - than man makes in a whole year. And when you look at this climate change, and when you look at the regular climate change that we all have in the world, we have warm and we have cooling spells.”

Source : "Raese to Bank on Cap and Trade Against Manchin" by Scott Conroy, Erin McPike, www.realclearpolitics.com. September 27, 2010.

“To be successful at anything, you need the right to fail, not just occasionally.”

“You look like an angel, walk like an angel, talk like an angel. But I got wise, you're the devil in disguise.”

“Miss Temminnick, you are in receipt of the highest marks we have ever given in a six-month review. Your mind seems designed for espionage. Nevertheless, you veer away from perfect in matters of etiquette. Do not let these marks go to your head; there are many girls at this school who are better than you. Our biggest concern is what you get up to when we are not watching. Because, if nothing else, this test has told us you are probably spying on us, as well as everyone around you.”

“There are lots of jobs in search of talent. And there's lots of talent in search of meaningful work.”

Source : "The Next Killer App: Work" by Maynard Webb, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 24, 2010.

“Those who depend fully on another person’s knowledge to decide what is possible are easily manipulated. The most effective leaders utilize experts from all fields, but rely on none when it comes to making a decision.”

Source : Joelle Charbonneau (2014). “The Testing Trilogy”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

“Confine yourself to observing and you always miss the point of your life. The object can be stated this way: Live the best life you can. Life is a game whose rules you learn if you leap into it and play it to the hilt. Otherwise, you are caught off balance, continually surprised by the shifting play. Non-players often whine and complain that luck always passes them by. They refuse to see that they can create some of their own luck. Darwi Odrade - Chapterhouse: Dune”