"The true leader makes each team member twice the person they were before."

“Class is something I know about. I've lived it every day of my life, and it shaped me in my identity.”

“Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.”

Source : Comments after President John F. Kennedy's inaugural address, January 20, 1961.

“Criticism polishes my mirror.”

“She could never be a saint, but she thought she could be a martyr if they killed her quick.”

“I used my mother's radio as a PA system. I'd take the telephone, the speaking part, and take those two leads off and lead them into the radio and the sound would come out of the speaker.”

Source : "Les Paul Interview: In His Own Words". Interview with Rick Landers, guitarinternational.com.

“In 1860 a total eclipse of the sun was visible in British America.”

“Working because you want to, not because you have to is financial freedom.”

“One sad consequence of this is that people don't feel permitted to try understand Internet infrastructure, so I'm really grateful to groups like Free Press and other nonprofits who are trying to make the issue urgent and comprehensible. And Andre Blum's book Tubes is great on this topic.”