...but to be a connectworker, one must have an overall positive influence on people, and Victor has really made the switch.

Authenticity is what makes a relatable person believable. It is what makes the relatability sustainable. Anyone can fake relatability for a time, but authenticity is what makes it real.

If we cannot meet our everyday surroundings with equanimity and pleasure and grow each day in some useful direction then ... life is on the road toward misfortune misery and destruction.

You cannot transpose the U.S. system on Turkey, and the Turkish system on France etc. You have to understand the people and their culture. That's leadership.

My job as the mother of daughters is to make sure my children see that every opportunity is available to them.

Wouldst thou multiply thy riches? diminish them wisely; or wouldst thou make thy estate entire? divide it charitably. Seeds that are scattered increase; but, hoarded up, they perish.

The rivalry is with ourself. I try to be better than is possible. I fight against myself, not against the other.

An actor is supposed to be a sensitive instrument. Isaac Stern takes good care of his violin. What if everybody jumped on his violin?

Thinking is a momentary dismissal of irrelevancies.

Next thing you know, we're like the computer people for the movie industry in the Twin Cities

The scientist should treasure the riddles he can't solve, not explain them away at the outset.

I feel like a midget with muddy feet had been walking over my tongue all night.