Ed Lee Quotes

The Domain Name Server (DNS) is the Achilles heel of the Web. The important thing is that it's managed responsibly.

It was the evidence from science and history that prompted me to abandon my atheism and become a Christian.

Benny Goodman was one of the big influences as a clarinet player. That's why I wanted the clarinet.

I understood that if I wanted to work, the saxophone was the main instrument. The clarinet was what we call a double.

In some ways Lester Young is the most complex rhythmically of any musician. He does some things which are just phenomenal.

Listening can make the difference between a mediocre organization and a great one.

I sang with Anita Bryant in the Southern Baptist churches.

Fluidity is the way to an empty mind. You must free your ambitious mind and learn the art of dying.

My swing is so bad I look like a caveman killing his lunch.

He who wants to succeed should learn how to fight, to strive and to suffer. You can acquire a lot in life, if you are prepared to give up a lot to get it.

One rule is to not use complicated techniques unless they are necessary to achieve your goal. First, use simple movements, and if they don't work, then introduce the more complex ones.

Never waste energy on worries or negative thoughts, all problems are brought into existence -drop them.

The goal of the Web is to serve humanity. We build it now so that those who come to it later will be able to create things that we cannot ourselves imagine.

There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.

Being born with a pair of beady eyes was the best thing that ever happened to me.

When something's hard, smiling helps us in the end, and it becomes fun.

The only way to survive is by taking care of one another.

Your state of mind is everything.

I'm looking forward to visiting the Philippines. I heard that there are so many big malls there and so many beaches.

I feel that racial profiling may be a very complicated and long-standing problem. It will take a long time even to make tiny progress.

Money can't buy you happiness, but it can buy you a yacht big enough to pull up right alongside it.

Never do a wrong thing to make a friend or to keep one.

I'm a frustrated actor. My ... goal is to beat Alfred Hitchcock in the number of cameos. I'm going to try to break his record.

So it's like starting over again, but I look forward to the challenge.

Pressure is playing for ten dollars when you don't have a dime in your pocket.

The education of a man is never completed until he dies.

Life is never completely without its challenges.

Defeat is a state of mind; no one is ever defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality.

The right decision is the wrong decision if it's made too late.

We've got to pause and ask ourselves: How much clean air do we need?

Life is not just eating, drinking, television and cinema...The human mind must be creative, must be self-generating ; it cannot depend on just gadgets to amuse itself.

Innovation is serendipity, so you don't know what people will make.

When you say that something is impossible, you have made it impossible.

To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities.

When doing your aerobic exercise, go at a comfortable pace until you've developed more stamina.

I would just like to say that after all these years of heavy drinking, bright lights and late nights, I still don't need glasses. I drink right out of the bottle.

Golf is a game invented by the same people who think music comes out of a bagpipe.

Love is like a roller coaster. It can take you to the highest, most spectacular heights or drop you to bottom in seconds. However, even with the risks, love is undoubtedly worth it in the end.

Because I am hard, you will not like me. But the more you hate me, the more you will learn. I am hard but I am fair.

It's not what you do. It's the way you do it-stripping, or writing, or talking . . . or just breathing. Do it with an air, and never admit you're scared.

The blues tells a story. Every line of the blues has a meaning.

No one has a perfect life. Everybody has something that he wishes was not the way it is.

The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect.

I am Evanescence. I am the only original member. I have basically hired the band. Evanescence has become me. It is mine and it's exactly how I want it to be.

In order to realize our true self we must be willing to live without being dependent upon the opinion of others.

I hate politics, hate deals, and deal-making, hate meeting with attorneys and agents.

The truth is outside of all fixed patterns.

Our heart knows what our mind has forgotten - it knows the sacred that is within all that exists, and through a depth of feeling we can once again experience this connection, this belonging.

There was no way we'd ever get spoiled. Daddy made sure to instill in us a work ethic.

Be a best friend. Tell the truth. And overuse "I love you"