How did you go bankrupt?" Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly.
We cannot have islands of excellence in a sea of slovenly indifference to standards.
To sensible men, every day is a day of reckoning.
The creative individual is particularly gifted in seeing the gap between what is and what could be.
Men of integrity, by their very existence, rekindle the belief that as a people we can live above the level of moral squalor. We need that belief; a cynical community is a corrupt community.
All laws are an attempt to domesticate the natural ferocity of the species.
Creativity requires the freedom to consider 'unthinkable' alternatives, to doubt the worth of cherished practices. Every organization, every society is under the spell of assumptions so familiar that they are never questioned, least of all by those most intimately involved.
Kids? It's like living with homeless people. They're cute but they just chase you around all day long going, 'Can I have a dollar? I'm missing a shoe! I need a ride!
The best stuff happens when you take a chance. When you risk something and do the thing that the other people are taking a chance on, on a network kind of level, they will be rewarded. You know, risk-reward.
I'm an expert on the NewsHour and it isn't how I practice journalism. I am not involved in the story. I serve only as a reporter or someone asking questions. I am not the story.
I need someone to protect me from all the measures they take in order to protect me.