Then they show up at the door and the reality is that they are 5-foot-8, 240 pounds and have not run a mile in years. A background check is not going to help you with that.

Twitter is not a technology. It's a conversation and it's happening with or without you.

We're all learning here; the best listeners will end up the smartest.

If you think you are in control, you're fooling yourself. As soon as you start listening, you realize you're not in control. And letting go will yield more and better results.

Companies need connections to their markets to create long-term loyalty.

Leadership is defined not by the position you hold but by the people who follow you.

In theory, it makes a lot of sense to combine the two operations, especially on the back end. But merging the two actual portal consumer experiences into a unified site will be a nightmare.

The 800 pound gorilla just entered the blogosphere, with Google launching its blog search.

Taking a close look at all technical options is the right thing for them (AOL and MSN) to be doing.

It's the same reason why someone has a Web page or why people feel comfortable going on reality TV.

need to let go of the need to be in control.

There is one only and true God, but in the unity of the Godhead there are three coeternal and coequal Persons, the same in substance but distinct in subsistence.

The only way to experience an experience is to experience it

I loathe nationalism. It is a form of tribalism--the idolatry of the 20th century.

I always just thought if you see somebody without a smile, give'em yours!

I've always been in bands writing songs with friends in order to play shows or record a future record.

If I believed everything everyone had ever told me about my family I'd be a sight more miserable than I am now

A man's whole life is taxed for the least thing well done. It is its net result.

I refuse to buy from anybody anything however nice or beautiful if it interferes with my growth or injures those whom Nature has made my first care.

Becoming a resident of a state may confer the right to get a driver's license, but it does not and should not confer citizenship.

We should pledge ourselves to the proposition that the irresponsible life is not worth living.