I got to spend all of my time every day at work reading and editing papers about cutting-edge technical research and getting paid for it. Then I'd go home at night and turn what I learned into science fiction stories.

... focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it.

Greg Anderson

The gospel is this: We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe, yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope.

Timothy Keller

When I think of the definition of cool and when I look at people, John Travolta is really the definition of cool because, not only is he great in all his movies, but, as a person, he's just really cool.

Christina Milian

Black and white are the colors of photography. To me they symbolize the alternatives of hope and despair to which mankind is forever subjected.

Robert Frank

What makes community organizing especially attractive is the faith it places in the ability of the poor to make decisions for themselves.

Paul Wellstone

The expectations of life depend upon diligence the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.

Confucius

Remember that happiness is a way of travel, not a destination.

Roy Goodman

In their poverty, the mentally handicapped reveal God to us and hold us close to the gospel.

Henri Nouwen

I think what it takes to succeed remains the same. You have to have a real love of your sport to carry you through all the bad times, you still want to go ski even when things aren't working. You must have a commitment to work hard and to never give up.

Nancy Greene

The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.

William Shakespeare

I always thought of myself as a moderate liberal, a fighter for peace and justice. I never thought of myself as being all that far out.

George McGovern

If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads.

Ralph Waldo Emerson