My father still is a lawyer, and my mom was a teacher and then later a career counselor.

I do think that a general liberal arts education is very important, particularly in an uncertain changing world

Nobody should have to be a systems integrator to make a convergence network work in their home

It's stunning to me what kind of an impact even one person can have if they have the right passion, perspective and are able to align the interest of a great team.

I had an older brother who passed away recently, an older sister and a younger brother.

You shouldn't focus on why you can't do something, which is what most people do. You should focus on why perhaps you can, and be one of the exceptions.

In the end, a vision without the ability to execute it is probably a hallucination.

I was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii

I was not an outstanding student. I did a reasonable amount of work. I got generally good - pretty good grades, but I was not that passionate about getting straight A's.

All great ideas start as weird ideas. What now seems obvious, early on, is not obvious to anybody.

You have to get along with people, but you also have to recognize that the strength of a team is different people with different perspectives and different personalities.

Life begins at the day of birth. Birthday is a great day of honour.

THIS IS A COMPLIMENT?You're incrediburgableshe saidwhich is to sayYou're a little like incrediblebut a lot more like ahamburger.

I know I'm going to shred the skin off your face and turn it into hair ribbons.

The words "I Can't" should be permanently stricken from your vocabulary, especially the vocabulary of your thoughts. You must see yourself always growing and improving.

Once writing has become your major vice and greatest pleasure only death can stop it. Financial security then is a great help as it keeps you from worrying.

I was single-minded and I had tunnel vision. Now it's time for a change.

When our vices leave us, we like to imagine it is we who are leaving them.

I saw the long line of the vacant shore, The sea-weed and the shells upon the sand, And the brown rocks left bare on every hand, As if the ebbing tide would flow no more.

Seance to renaissance. So it begins

It is just as important, perhaps more important, for the teacher to have the benefit of personal counseling when he needs it as it is for the student.