I really never had any ambitions to be a standup comic. I was talked into it by guys that I used to work out with.
He who marvels at the beauty of the world in summer will find equal cause for wonder and admiration in winter.
[T]he cold warms me—after a different fashion from that of the kitchen stove.
When you bait the hook with your heart, the fish always bite.
If I were to name the three most precious resources of life, I should say books, friends, and nature.
The secret of happiness is something to do.
Do not despise your own place and hour. Every place is under the stars, every place is the center of the world.
People, he thought, were as hungry for a sight of joy as he had always been--for a moment's relief from that gray load of suffering which seemed so inexplicable and unnecessary. He had never been able to understand why men should be unhappy.
When Private Bradley [aka Chelsea] Manning put his conscience ahead of his personal well-being by allegedly releasing important information to the world's public via WikiLeaks, he was put into an inhumane solitary confinement and is now facing charges that carry the possibility of him spending the rest of his life in prison.
But Tolkien doesn't ask the question: What was Aragorn's tax policy?
Every company has big data in its future and every company will eventually be in the data business.