"I had the chance to be governor for eight years and I took a year to transition out and a year to transition in, so that's a decade of my life where I pursued my own ambitions and I thought it was time to rearrange my life to focus on other things."

“If I am going to be drowned – if I am going to be drowned – if I am going to be drowned, why in the name of the seven mad gods who rule the sea, was I allowed to come thus far and contemplate land and trees?”

“Our success is directly related to our clarity and honesty about who we are, who we're not, where we want to go, and how we're going to get there.”

Source : Howard Behar, Janet Goldstein (2007). “It's Not About the Coffee: Lessons on Putting People First from a Life at Starbucks”, p.19, Penguin

“Symmetry is what we see at a glance; based on the fact that there is no reason for any difference...”

“Thomas Gordon, founder of P.E.T. (Parent Effectiveness Training), observed that when children are behaving in a way that interferes with your ability to meet your needs, shouting direct orders to them doesn't work very well. So, he advised sending I messages. That is, a better alternative to, Your room is a disaster area-clean it up this minute, would be something like, I get embarrassed when Mrs. Johnson is visiting and sees your room looking this messy, so I need you to clean it up.”

“The time-deaf are unable to speak what they know. For speech needs a sequence of words, spoken in time.”

“I cared not where or how I lived, or what hardships I went through, so I could but gain souls to Christ”

Source : David Brainerd, Ebenezer Pemberton (1765). “An Account of the Life of the Late Reverend Mr. David Brainerd: Minister of the Gospel, Missionary to the Indians, from the Honourable Society in Scotland, for the Propagation of Christian Knowledge, and Pastor of a Church of Christian Indians in New Jersey. Who Died at Northampton in New-England, October 9, 1747, in the 30th Year of His Age. Chiefly Taken from His Own Diary, and Other Private Writings, Written for His Own Use; and Now Published”, p.123

“I think there are many ways to serve your country.”

“I went to study some orchestration stuff because I got so inspired working with all the orchestras.”