“Stay open to opportunity -- you never know where your next important connection will be made.”

“It's much easier to be convincing if you care about your topic. Figure out what's important to you about your message and speak from the heart.”

“Just as with swimming or riding a bike, you can't really learn how to fall in love from reading a book not even this one. Sure you can read about the different swimming strokes or the parts of a bicycle; you can learn the theory and physics behind the sport. But to get to the heart of the matter you've got to leap in and learn by doing.”

“Falling for someone romantically is more complex. Manyof the old classic languages refer to three different typesof love or affection. Roughly translated, they includegeneral, brotherly and sexual love. When all three arepresent, a relationship is indeed rich.”

“No matter where it is in the sky... No matter where you are in the world... the moon is never bigger than your thumb. -John”

“America’s education system has become less a ladder of opportunity than a structure to transmit inequity from one generation to the next.”

“Never forget that anticipation is an important part of life. Work's important, family's important, but without excitement, you have nothing. You're cheating yourself if you refuse to enjoy what's coming.”