"Even as a child she had lived her own small life within herself. At a very early period she had apprehended instinctively the dual life - that outward existence which conforms, the inward life which questions."

“As I ramble through life, whatever be my goal, I will unfortunately always keep my eye upon the doughnut and not upon the whole.”

“Money isn't always the best motivator. If you leave a $50 check after dinner with friends, you don't increase the probability of being invited back.”

“This was freedom. Losing all hope was freedom.”

Source : Chuck Palahniuk (2011). “Fight Club”, p.22, Random House

“Keep the company of those who seek the truth- run from those who have found it”

“I create opportunities.”

“Everyone is always having their attention divided between the world of people [they're] with and this 'other' reality.”

Source : "Segment: Sherry Turkle on Being Alone Together". "Moyers & Company" with Bill Moyers, billmoyers.com. October 18, 2013.

“Our duty, as men and women, is to proceed as if limits to our ability did not exist. We are collaborators in creation.”

“The world has produced about 1 trillion barrels of oil since the start of the industry in the nineteenth century. Currently, it is thought that there are at least 5 trillion barrels of petroleum resources, of which 1.4 trillion is sufficiently developed and technically and economically accessible.”

Source : Daniel Yergin (2011). “The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World”, p.207, Penguin