"Gold Watch"
Albums, Lupe Fiasco's The Cool (2007)
“The most important thing about power is to make sure you don't have to use it. ”
“What is the most important thing one learns in school? Self-esteem, support, and friendship.”
Source: Pieces of White Shell
“Most people with low self-esteem have earned it.”
Source: Napalm & Silly Putty
"What I've Learned: Alex Trebek", Esquire, March 2003.
Source: The Summing Up (1938), p. 182
Misattributed
Source: thought to be Gibson's words as a result of Twitter attribution decay, despite repeated disavowals. https://twitter.com/#!/GreatDismal/status/144940064990961664 https://twitter.com/#!/GreatDismal/status/144941061578559488 https://twitter.com/#!/GreatDismal/status/144941447936884736 https://twitter.com/#!/GreatDismal/status/171091202161131520. The source, according to Gibson, is Steven Winterburn https://twitter.com/greatdismal/status/119133581598666752 https://twitter.com/5tevenw/status/73091190475595776. However, Steven Winterburn is NOT the original creator of that quote. The original quote is the creation of Twitter account holder "@debihope" https://twitter.com/debihope?lang=en. See research by quoteinvestigator http://quoteinvestigator.com/2014/10/25/diagnose/.
“In university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is learning to tolerate fools.”
Martha Quest (1952), Part III, ch. 2
Suffragette City
Song lyrics, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972)
