Ye who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy, and pursue with eagerness the phantoms of hope; who expect that age will perform the promises of youth, and that the deficiencies of the present day will be supplied by the morrow; attend to the history of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia.

In the small town each citizen had done something in his own way to build the community. The town booster had a vision of the future which he tried to fulfill. The suburb dweller by contrast started with the future

Daniel J. Boorstin, The Democrat

Be the kind of person you would like to be with.

Source Unknown

Professionalism: It's NOT the job you DO, It's HOW you DO the job.

Source Unknown

In this possibly terminal phase of human existence, democracy and freedom are more than just ideals to be valued - they may be essential to survival.

Noam Chomsky

I collect art, and I drink wine... things that I like that I had never been exposed to. But I never said, 'I'm going to buy art to impress this crowd.' That's just ridiculous to me. I don't live my life like that, because how could you be happy with yourself?

Jay-Z

The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at a time.

Sydney Smiles

Oh, I was never a businessman. I was a visionary, a dreamer.

Jim Bakker

Artists don't talk about art. Artists talk about work. If I have anything to say to young writers, it's stop thinking of writing as art. Think of it as work.

Paddy Chayefsky

There are millions of people who consume music illegally every month. Just getting them into a legal service will make the music industry way bigger than it's ever been before.

Daniel Ek

I've got many close friends, but there's an awful lot about friendship that is not demonstrative in my case.

Warren Christopher

It is well to be up before daybreak, for such habits contribute to health, wealth, and wisdom.

Aristotle

No well-informed person ever imputed inconsistency to another for changing his mind.

Marcus Tullius Cicero