"To make knowledge productive, we will have to learn to see both forest and tree. We will have to learn to connect."

“The greatest real thrill that life offers is to create, to construct, to develop something useful. Too often we fail to recognize and pay tribute to the creative spirit. It is that spirit that creates our jobs”

Source : "Learning Effectiveness and Faculty Satisfaction". Book by John Bourne, p. 11, 2000.

“If you think about computer programming, it's as antisocial as it gets.”

Source : "The Music Swapper: Shawn Fanning". From Interview with Jeff Howe, www.wired.com. August 01, 2005.

“nations decay from within more often than they surrender to outward assault.”

“You never win any games you don't play.”

“One reason sin flourishes is that it is treated like a cream puff instead of a rattlesnake.”

“Dominance contests with other wolves are rare, if they exist at all. During my 13 summers observing the Ellesmere Island pack, I saw none.”

Source : "Alpha status, dominance, and division of labor in wolf packs". Canadian Journal of Zoology, Volume 77: 1196-1203, 1999.

“I guess I'm a little different. I think being unique is different.”

“You want to be careful not to become just a blowhard.”