We need to define gentrification as separate from the process of displacement.

The Fire Department has traditionally considered architecture a priority only when it’s burning down.

How you react emotionally is a choice in any situation.

The idea being that if I was so incredibly small, then I could do almost anything, because what impact would I have, really? What damage could be done, being so puny in the big scheme?

Santa can't die, he punish bad people. Behave well and you won't punished!

The president we have today is a typical Washington politician that's prone to hyperbole and decisiveness and false outrage. And I think it's very sad - very sad to watch.

Taking a biopsy often aggravates and stimulates growth - and does not indicate how many secondary tumors have developed.

When somebody dies we usually need reasons for consolation, not so much to alleviate our pain as to excuse ourselves for so readily feeling consoled.

Talent is like a faucet, while it is open, one must write.

No story comes from nowhere; new stories are born from old.

So I learned another system: When in doubt, keep it out – out of earshot, out of the house – even if this meant, really, just keeping it in.

I have more important things to do anyway. I have a hangnail that needs my attention. (Dev)