You talk like we're in open warfare." "Aren't we?" The man blew on his tea. "You're pointing a gun at something." "I'm annoyed.

We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will.

Stay unknown until you know what you want to be known for.#StokesNotes

Man never made any material as resilient as the human spirit.

Jon Miller would be amazing for Yahoo because he is extremely good at building display advertising businesses and buying young startups.

It's really important in our society to tell stories, and I feel grateful and honoured that I get to do that in this day and age.

My gayness became quietly accepted and, shock of all shocks, life went on.

Accepting does not necessarily mean liking, enjoying, condoning. I can accept what is-and be determined to evolve from there. It is not acceptance but denial that leaves me stuck.

You must pay for your sins. If you have already paid, please ignore this notice.

Well, first I'd want a better vibrato.

Patients rarely die of the disease from which they suffer. Secondary or terminal infections are the real cause of death.