Social capital may turn out to be a prerequisite for, rather than a consequence of, effective computer-mediated communication.

Slavery was, in fact, a social system designed to destroy social capital among slaves and between slaves and freemen.

You will be successful only in the field of your gift

Cry your grief to God. Howl to the heavens. Tear your shirt. Your hair. Your flesh. Gouge your eyes. Carve out your heart. And what will you get from Him? Only Silence. Indifference.

The mortal sickness of a mind too unhappy to be kind.

The Secret of Drawing consists of just two things: 1) Making lines on paper; and 2) Choosing where they go.

Of the many rights of ladies, the best should be to be considered a mother.

you can't set down and stand up at the same time, each situation has its advantages, but you can't be in both places at once ... it can't be did.

Never let any mistake cause you to stop believing in yourself. Learn from it and go on.

I had been living with dialysis for three years or so, and the new kidney felt like a reprieve, a new gift of life. I felt alive again and I guess that has had an effect on my use of colour.

What came to me as a revelation was the use of rhythm in developing an overall structure in music.

They thought I was crazy in Mexico when I said, 'I'm going to Hollywood.' Nobody thought I could make it.