“Odessans' worst fear is change, because what if we make a change and our situation gets worse?”

“I didn't know what to do, and as usual, when I didn't know what to do, I did nothing.”

“The third computer technician I’d hired walked in wearing Ukrainian cool circa 1996 – carefully ironed jeans that came up past his navel and a brown leather jacket – and introduced himself with the easy smile of a man who still lived with his mother.”

“My job is to scream cockle-doodle-doo. Don't blame me if the sun doesn't rise.”

“Give a man a centimeter and he'll think he's a ruler.”

“We cannot change our past. We can not change the fact that people act in a certain way. We can not change the inevitaable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude. ”

“We cannot change our past... we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude. I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it. And so it is with you... we are in charge of our Attitudes.”