It’s actually pretty easy to be contrarian. It’s hard to be contrarian and right.
One is a choice, and one is not.
There is a string that connects us that is not visible to the eye. Maybe every person has more than one soul they are connected to, and all over the world there are those invisible strings. . . Maybe the chances that you'll find each and every one of your soul mates is slim. But sometimes you're lucky enough to stumble across one. And you feel a tug. And it's not so much a choice to love them though their flaws and through your differences, but rather you love them without even trying. You love their flaws.
Human eyes are the sign language of the brain. If you watch them carefully, you can see the truth played out, raw and unguarded.
I like pain. I like when it lingers. It reminds a person of what they've lived through.
We are all so broken. Pick up a person, shake them around and you'll hear the rattling of their broken pieces. Pieces our fathers broke, or our mothers, or our friends, strangers, or our loves.
You'll be surprised what someone is able to handle given no other choice.
Look twice before you leap.
A fool cannot be an actor, though an actor may act a fool's part.
Our infrastructure of bridges, roads and ports has been given a D-level rating by many civil engineer societies. The government should shift some money from the Defense budget and hire companies to fix our infrastructure. As for non-construction workers, we need to do job retraining in those growing areas where more skilled workers will be needed.
If Ali says a mosquito can pull a plow, don't ask how. Hitch him up.