John Nack:

Merlin Mann once asked me, "What do you want ten times more of?" I knew the answer: Impact.

Tyler Cowen:

The value of living in either New York City or Washington, D.C. -- for those who seek influence -- is going up.

Nick Denton:

Don't you ever get overwhelmed by the sheer amount of bullshit? I came to this country because I thought it was something, you know? And yet I'm more in love with the idea of the United States than I am with the reality.

MLK:

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.

Michael Ignatieff:

The romance of politics is what ceaselessly draws people in. Sometimes to their destruction. But without that sense of the romance of politics, no one would step up at all.