Few people become assholes reluctantly.
A proper home can provide the bridge across that terrible gulf between poverty and a better future.
There are those. . . who enter the world in such poverty that they are deprived of both the means and the motivation to improve their lot. Unless these unfortunates can be touched with the spark which ignites the spirit of individual enterprise and determination, they will only sink back into renewed apathy, degradation and despair. It is for us, who are more fortunate, to provide that spark.
Tolerance, openness and understanding towards other peoples' cultures, social structures, values and faiths are now essential to the very survival of an interdependent world.
The right to hope is the most powerful human motivation I know.
Pluralism is no longer simply an asset or a prerequisite for progress and development, it is vital to our existence.
The search for justice and security, the struggle for equality of opportunity, the quest for tolerance and harmony, the pursuit of human dignity - these are moral imperatives which we must work towards and think about on a daily basis.
Knowledge is a comfortable and necessary retreat and shelter for us in an advanced age; and if we do not plant it while young, it will give us no shade when we grow old.
Half the ills we heard within our hearts are ills because we hoard them.
We share management's vision that the recent regulatory changes, the large presence of Sprint Nextel in the 2. 5 GHz band, and the near-term implementation of 4G systems make Oneida the right company in the right place at the right time.
I'm not sad at all about turning 40.