
“I'm a pessimist about probabilities, I'm an optimist about possibilities.”
As quoted in "Lewis Mumford Remembers" by Carey Winfrey in The New York Times (6 July 1977)
http://www.investing.com/news/financial-news/gates,-others-pledge-$630-million-to-beat-polio-22402 "Gates, others pledge $630 million to beat polio" Investing.com (21 January 2009)
Regarding Bill And Melinda Gates' Polio Efforts (2009)
“I'm a pessimist about probabilities, I'm an optimist about possibilities.”
As quoted in "Lewis Mumford Remembers" by Carey Winfrey in The New York Times (6 July 1977)
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2004/101/12.0.html
“I'm the kind of person who has to totally commit to whatever I do.”
Source: What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
During an interview on 60 Minutes (11 November 2016)
2010s, 2016, November
ÉPOCA Interview (in Portuguese) http://revistaepoca.globo.com/Epoca/0,6993,EPT1061569-1666-2,00.html, São Paulo, 2005.
Press Statement for the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences' Hall of Fame http://uk.ign.com/articles/2005/11/09/richard-garriott-joins-gaming-hall-of-fame, 9 November, 2005.
"Colonies in space may be only hope, says Hawking" by Roger Highfield in Daily Telegraph (16 October 2001).
“I'm Mr. T and I'm a "Night Elf Mohawk"! What's YOUR game?”
World of Warcraft Advert (2007)
"Purely Personal Prejudices" http://books.google.com/books?id=DLcEAQAAIAAJ&q=%22A+person+who+is+going+to+commit+an+inhuman+act+invariably+excuses+himself++to+himself+by+saying+I'm+only+human+after+all%22&pg=PA232#v=onepage
Strictly Personal (1953)