"I want to let my friend Buster know that I would like to have dinner with him tonight. Does Buster work at home? Then how likely is he to have his cell phone on? Is he one of those people who only turns on his cell when he's in his car? I hate that."

"Sometimes I'm dazzled by how modern and fabulous we are, and how easy everything can be for us that's the gilded glow of technology, and I marvel at it all the time."

"Knowledge is a beautiful thing, but there are a few things I wish I didn't know."

"I have long been one of those tedious people who rails against the coronation of 'student-athletes.' I have heard the argument that big-time athletics bring in loads of money to universities. I don't believe the money goes anywhere other than back into the sports teams, but that's another story."

"It is a timeless truth that fortitude is the quiet voice at eventide saying: i will try once more tomorrow."

"If you fall behind, run faster. Never give up, never surrender, and rise up against the odds."

"It is a unyielding truth that fortitude is the quiet voice at eventide saying: i will try once more tomorrow — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It is a quiet truth that the distance between ambition and reality is bridged solely by consistent effort — an essential principle for the reflective life."