"I'm someone who doesn't believe in making my problems other people's problems."

“If you’re going to be an entrepreneur… it’s not all textbook. It’s gut feeling, it’s intuition, it’s a feeling you have that you can do this and make it happen. I think you have to have a personality…”

Source : Source: www.teachingbooks.net

“Outsiders think of Silicon Valley as a success story, but in truth, it is a graveyard. Failure.. is Silicon Valley's greatest strength. Every failed product or enterprise is a lesson stored in the collective memory of the country. We not only don't stigmatize failure, sometime we even admire it. Venture Capitalists actually like to see a little failure in the resumes of entrepreneurs.”

“In radio, they say, nothing happens until the announcer says it happens.”

“You're a slave in your own country, White Man. Each year you get to keep less of the fruits of your labor; each year it gets more difficult to carry the burden the aliens have placed upon you; each year the cheap labor of aliens makes your future less secure; each year you retreat a few steps more into the world of slavery.”

Source : "White Power". Book by George Lincoln Rockwell, 1967.

“I simply love writing good stories, that's my passion.”

“We have a responsibility as a state to protect our most vulnerable citizens: our children, seniors, people with disabilities. That is our moral obligation. But there is an economic justification too - we all pay when the basic needs of our citizens are unmet.”

“The public want to see people play an exciting brand of cricket.”

“There are very fundamental reasons we live our lives in social networks, and if we really understood the role they're playing in our society, we would take better care of social networks and find ways to take advantage of their power to improve our society.”

Source : "TED 2010 | Nicholas Christakis: Does This Social Network Make Me Look Fat?". Interview with Kim Zetter, www.wired.com. February 12, 2010.