Library & Resources

One Idea. One Challenge. Once a Week. “We . . . felt the presence of his magic.” ~ Paul Laurence Dunbar, Eulogy for Fred Bailey

One Idea. One Challenge. Once a Week. “This is the day. . . . This is the time. . . . This is the moment.” ~ Jekyll & Hyde, This is the Moment

One Idea. One Challenge. Once a Week. “Our existence is but a brief crack of light between two eternities of darkness.” ~ Vladimir Nabakov, Speak, Memory

One Idea. One Challenge. Once a Week. “First, he read his speech. Second, he read it badly. Third, it wasn’t worth reading.” ~ Winston Churchill

One Idea. One Challenge. Once a Week. “Kasparov is . . . the best in history.” ~ Magnus Carlsen, current World Chess Champion

One Idea. One Challenge. Once a Week. “What would you say . . . you do here?” ~ The Bobs, Office Space

One Idea. One Challenge. Once a Week. “Joshua Bell plays like a god.” ~ John Corigliano, Five-time Grammy winning musical composer

One Idea. One Challenge. Once a Week. “It’s the meeting and mating of ideas that creates progress.” ~ Matt Ridley, The Rational Optimist

One Idea. One Challenge. Once a Week. “Without vacations from distractions, ideas are scarce.” ~ Avi Loeb, Harvard astrophysicist

One Idea. One Challenge. Once a Week. “Strong people don’t put others down. They lift them up.” ~ Michael Watson, boxing champion

One Idea. One Challenge. Once a Week. “What every speaker needs . . .is a devastating defense
against the dread disease of dribbling off.” ~ William Safire, Lend Me Your Ears

One Idea. One Challenge. Once a Week. “Great is the art of beginning, but greater is the art of ending.” ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow