"Strong characters are brought out by change of situation, and gentle ones by permanence."

“He probably was mediocre after all, though in a very honorable sense of that word.”

“The investor knows quite well that we don't have anymore the widespread terrorism here in Peru.”

Source : Interview with Lucia Newman, www.cnn.com. January 8, 1997.

“I want to bulk up. I'm a skinny guy.”

“MSNBC got some very good people. They've got a good-looking set. All They're first-class. Somewhere along the way, they kind of lost their identity as a news channel, and they started doing a lot of other sort of magazine-type programming.”

“I just want to play baseball.”

Source : "David Ortiz talks free agency, Sox mess". Interview with Colleen Dominguez, www.espn.com. October 13, 2011.

“How shall freedom be defended? By arms when it is attacked by arms, by truth when it is attacked by lies, by faith when it is attacked by authoritarian dogma. Always, in the final act, by determination and faith.”

“One of the most important and fascinating of all computer languages is Lisp (standing for "List Processing"), which was invented by John McCarthy around the time Algol was invented.”

“One theory says that if you treat people well, you're more likely to encourage them to do what you want, making all the effort pay off. Do this, get that. Another one, which I prefer, is that you might consider treating people with kindness merely because you can. Regardless of what they choose to do in response, this is what you choose to do. Because you can.”