I have enjoyed greatly the second blooming... suddenly you find - at the age of 50, say - that a whole new life has opened before you.
There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.
I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there's evidence of any thinking going on inside it.
Keep cool and you command everybody.
I have never been especially impressed by the heroics of people who are convinced they are about to change the world. I am more awed by those who struggle to make one small difference after another.
What if this weren't a hypothetical question?
Oh, I don't blame Congress. If I had $600 billion at my disposal, I'd be irresponsible, too.
I wanted to flag you down because my friend was bleeding. Someone stabbed him."
I don't think about risks much. I just do what I want to do. If you gotta go, you gotta go.