"You never realize the value of coaching until your children play for a coach"

“The U.S. military today garrisons the planet in a fashion without historical precedent. Successive administrations, regardless of party, justify and perpetuate this policy by insisting that positioning U.S. forces in distant lands fosters peace, stability, and security. In the present century, however, perpetuating this practice has visibly had the opposite effect. In the eyes of many of those called upon to "host" American bases, the permanent presence of such forces smacks of occupation. They resist. Why should U.S. policymakers expect otherwise?”

Source : "Tomgram: Andrew Bacevich, What Obsessing About You-Know-Who Causes Us To Miss". www.tomdispatch.com. May 7, 2017.

“The first of earthly blessings, independence.”

Source : Edward Gibbon (1998). “Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire”, p.8, Wordsworth Editions

“There's no such thing as a partisan base.”

“Roy Oswalt is a drop and drive pitcher. What is a drop and drive pitcher? He is a guy who drops and drives. Very simple.”

“You know, you're doing the same show every day, and your inspiration, you have to look no further than the fact that you know people travel across the country to see you. In a lot of cases, this is that audience's only chance to see the thing, and so, that's what gets you up in the morning, and that's what gets you giving your best performance on stage, is the awareness that this audience is ready for it, and here to have an experience, and so in turn are you.”

Source : Source: deadline.com

“Money cannot purchase joy. It buys temporary distractions.”

“Errors using inadequate data are much less than those using no data at all.”

Source : Attributed to Charles Babbage in William Kenneth Richmond "The Education Industry", 1969.

“I hope that my investment into Atomico will become my best financial investment to date.”