I became third in the U.S. as a junior pro surfer.

My sketchbook became everything to me.

— Steve Carr

In that sense, I became politicized because the people in the coal mining villages who were involved in the struggle knew why they were…

— Billy Bragg

Moses became America's true founding father because he evangelized action; he justified risk. He gave ordinary people the courage to live with uncertainty.

— Bruce Feiler

I have never really been fond of animals. I certainly wasn't an 'animal lover' when I became involved in the movement. I just came…

— Peter Singer

In the Machine Age, the company itself became a machine - a machine for making money.

— Peter Senge

I felt cheated by the way grown-ups told me that the future of the world was bleak when I became a teenager in the…

— Matt Ridley

In my relationship, I was giving myself away to make the relationship better, but in actuality, wasn't doing better by doing that. I became…

— Jason Mraz

I was fascinated with the phone system and how it worked; I became a hacker to get better control over the phone company.

— Kevin Mitnick

In 1887, Oregon became the first state to make Labor Day an official holiday, with Colorado, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New York quickly following suit.

— Brendan I. Koerner

Mike Tyson is the most complex person I've ever met in my life. I've known Mike since 1986. We're both from Brooklyn. I didn't…

— Spike Lee

With *NSYNC, we shopped our deal for a year in America, sang a capella in everybody's office, then moved to Germany for almost two…

— JC Chasez

Let's assume for the moment that the logic behind Presidents Day is actually sound for certain presidents. Why not have a separate holiday for…

— Ben Shapiro

'Lost Boys' is one of my all-time faves. I just thought it would be great to be a vampire. I remember this movie called…

— Lena Headey

By the time I became chairman and there was more of a feeling of urgency, there was a willingness to accept more forceful measures…

— Paul A. Volcker

I don't think Cheney started off in 2000 with a burning desire to become vice-president. I think the prospect gradually became more appealing, and…

— Barton Gellman