"If I was a supervillain, I'd create this universal, cosmic rule where every time an old, shitty, right-wing white man says something unsavory about a young woman, he would just get the clap immediately."

“Genius is in the idea. Impact, however, comes from action!”

“Trees are not known by their leaves, nor even by their blossoms, but by their fruits.”

“Love . . . [is] a lack of personal selfishness.”

“I have a little obsessive-compulsive personality. You can tell because I played online games for eight hours a day.”

“Managers must have the discipline not to keep pulling up the flowers to see if their roots are healthy.”

“Doing your own thing is a generous act. Being gifted creates obligations, which means you owe the world your best effort at the work you love. You too are a natural resource.”

Source : Barbara Sher (2010). “I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was: How to Discover What You Really Want and How to Get It”, p.98, Dell

“The first thing a man will do for his ideals is lie.”

Source : Joseph A. Schumpeter (2006). “History of Economic Analysis”, p.43, Routledge

“We literally are all made out of stardust. We started from those stars; we are made of stardust. So, next time you are really depressed, look in the mirror and you can look and say, 'Hi, I'm looking at a star here.'”

Source : "The story behind the Mars Rovers". TED Talk, www.ted.com. May 2008.