Young Americans today are no more learned or skilful than their predecessors, no more knowledgeable, fluent, up-to-date, or inquisitive, except in the materials of youth culture.

For I had loved Seid even in his darkest hours, even as he cursed me and we rode upon a fine line between ardor and abhorrence

It is important to have a dream, but a dream is absolutely nothing until you start to consistently give life to it through strategic actions.

An honest man speaks truth, don't expect him to speak sweet.

It’s far too rarely stated that the technology industry is not in the business of making people productive. It is only in the business of selling more technology.

Important achievements require a clear focus, all-out effort, and a bottomless trunk full of strategies. Plus allies in learning.

The task we all face as human beings ... is to find and become who we are. The task teachers face is to find their own way of teaching, one that manifests who they are.

Competition, which is the instinct of selfishness, is another word for dissipation of energy, while combination is the secret of efficient production.

I think my mouth just opens and I spontaneously say things that occur to me.

That's one of the great privileges, being an actor, is that someone pays you and sends you off to learn about something that otherwise you'd never know about.

Will you marry me, Quinn O'Connor?