Quote of the Day -- Thomas Friedman

... we have reduced investments in the true sources of our strength — infrastructure, education, government-funded scientific research, immigration and the right rules to incentivize productive investment and prevent excessive risk-taking. And we have stopped leveraging our greatest advantage over China — that we have allies who share our values and China only has customers who fear its wrath. 

-- Thomas Friedman

Quote of the Day -- Jeremy Irons

We all have our time machines. Some take us back, they're called memories. Some take us forward, they're called dreams.

 -- Jeremy Irons

Quote of the Day -- Paul Ehrlich

In pushing other species to extinction, humanity is busy sawing off the limb on which it perches. 

-- Paul Ehrlich

Quote of the Day -- Anna Quindlen

You cannot be really first-rate at your work if your work is all you are. 

-- Anna Quindlen

Quote of the Day -- James Freeman Clark

The difference between a politician and a statesman is that a politician thinks about the next election while the statesman thinks about the next generation. 

-- James Freeman Clark

Quote of the Day -- Octavia Butler

First forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you’re inspired or not. Habit will help you finish and polish your stories. Inspiration won’t. Habit is persistence in practice. 

-- Octavia Butler

Quote of the Day -- James Clear

Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become. 

No single instance will transform your beliefs, but as the votes build up, so does the evidence of your identity. 

This is why habits are crucial. They cast repeated votes for being a certain type of person.

-- James Clear

Quote of the Day -- Ta-Nehisi Coates

I was made for the library, not the classroom.The classroom was a jail of other people’s interests. The library was open, unending, free. 

-- Ta-Nehisi Coates

Quote of the Day -- Eli Wiesel

No human race is superior; no religious faith is inferior. All collective judgments are wrong. Only racists make them. 

-- Eli Wiesel

Quote of the Day -- Sandra Day O'Connor

It’s not enough to understand; you’ve got to do something. 

-- Sandra Day O'Connor