The more freedom we enjoy, the greater the responsibility we bear, toward others as well as ourselves.
Photographers do this for a living, every single day -- they point their lenses toward every single corner of our world and somehow make the mundane mesmerizing through their artistic eye. It's all a matter of being aware of your surroundings and realizing that there are some really amazing and interesting things to look at, even if it may just be something so simple as a wall being covered up by paint.
No great improvements in the lot of mankind are possible until a great change takes place in the fundamental constitution of their modes of thought.
Act as if it were impossible to fail.
Oh, I don't blame Congress. If I had $600 billion at my disposal, I'd be irresponsible, too.
There ain't no free lunches in this country. And don't go spending your whole life commiserating that you got raw deals. You've got to say, 'I think that if I keep working at this and want it bad enough I can have it.'
Best wide-angle lens? Two steps backward. Look for the 'ah-ha'.