You will be fierce. You will fearless. And you will make work you know in your heart is not as good as you want it to be.

It is only by going through a volume of work that you will close that gap, and your work will be as good as your ambitions.

The most important possible thing you can do is do a lot of work.

We're Jews, my family, and Jews break down into two distinct subcultures: book Jews and money Jews. We were money Jews.

Not enough gets said about the importance of abandoning crap.

You can criticize yourself to a point to do something better, or you criticize yourself to a point where you inhibit yourself.

Great stories happen to those who can tell them.

We live in a world where joy and empathy and pleasure are all around us, there for the noticing.

It takes a while. It's gonna take you a while. It's normal to take a while. You just have to fight your way through that.

You'd think that radio was around long enough that someone would have coined a word for staring into space.

It's not a terribly original thing to say, but I love Raymond Carver. For one thing, he's fun to read out loud.

Pactum serva" - "Keep the faith

Love doesn’t rule the world. The lust for power and dominance over others is what drives men – always has, always will.

It is the knowledge that all men have weaknesses and that many have vices that makes government necessary.

To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.

This book is about physics and its about physics and its relationship with mathematics and how they seem to be intimately related and to what extent can you explore this relationship and trust it.

As a GM Goodwrench Service Plus dealer, I understand how good service makes a difference to our customers.

If you're looking for self-help, why would you read a book written by somebody else?

I sent American troops to Iraq to make its people free, not to make them American. Iraqis will write their own history and find their own way.

I gave up meat when I was twelve. & One day I was cutting up a chicken for my mom, and I hit a tumor with the knife. There was pus and blood all over the place. That was enough for me.

Mentally, he's not the same person anymore (Paul Williams).