To be universally liked is to be relatively ignored.

Use correct grammar and punctuation. Do not use net speak, like WOT, W-O-T or U. Those messages get a lot lower reply rate.

There will be more words written on Twitter in the next two years than contained in all books ever printed.

People tend to prefer their own race online in terms of the volume of messages.

Kind of paradoxically, men are very open minded or very even handed with their votes of women.

Dudes have been making up stuff about themselves probably since there have been dudes.

Because the way love works in general, you don't need everybody to like you somewhat - you need one person to like you a lot.

Going to a site with more users seems obviously better to me, but at the same time, having a bland, middle of the road profile with bland, middle of the road pictures seems like a bad strategy to me.

Text is, in some ways, on the way out, unfortunately. There are dating sites now that are just pictures.

I know that shorter messages are better in terms of reply rate. The optimal length is something like 50 characters. Characters, not words.

Between the lines thoughts were felt. In a way words could never read.

The barbarians never take a city until someone holds the gates open to them. And it's your own multicultural authorities who will do it for you

When I performed at 'Open Mic U.K.' I had this connection with the audience that I'd never felt before, and I loved it. It was my first big thing, and looking out into the crowd... was just amazing.

It's not the side-effects of the cocaine - I'm thinking that it must be love. It's too late to be grateful, It's too late to be hateful, It's too late to be late again, The European cannon is here.

Not so much a film as a visual essay, exquisitely directed and photographed (by Sacha Vierny)... Difficult to watch but well worthwhile for those willing to be challenged.

Men and Women of Christ magnify their callings without magnifying themselves.

It seems like the right thing to do is tackle problems other people aren't working on.

Surfing teaches patience . On land, surfers cannot will a swell to appear. They have to wait for nature to make the call. So surfers wait . They keep their eyes on the horizon and they wait.

I have a huge interest in Japan, which is well known, including its history and culture, and so it will be very interesting for me to see and learn more about Japan.

It's kind of bittersweet. The human spirit is not measured by the size of the act, but by the size of the heart.