Amusing and Inspiring Quotes

"The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it."
Flannery O'Connor

"Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change."
Andre Gide

When you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all.
Anonymous Software Engineer

"The mind in itself can make a heaven of Hell, a hell of a Heaven."
John Milton

"Good behavior is the last refuge of mediocrity."
Henry S. Haskins

"It takes less time to do a thing right than it does to explain why you did it wrong."
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

"Words ought to be a little wild for they are the assault of thoughts on the unthinking."
John Maynard Keynes

"One change leaves the way open for the introduction of others."
Niccolo Machiavelli

"It is a costly wisdom that is bought by experience."
Roger Ascham

"Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail"
Anonymous

"We are paid for by our suspicions by finding what we suspected."
Henry David Thoreau

"Feel the fear and do it anyway."
Susan Jeffers

"What loneliness is more lonely than distrust"
George Eliot

"Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your teeth."
Alan Watts

"Measure not the work until the day's out and the labor done."
Elizabeth Barrett Browning

"Rarely do great beauty and great virtue dwell together."
Francesco Petrarch

"Never let the fear of striking out get in your way."
Babe Ruth

"Yield to all and you will soon have nothing to yield."
Aesop

"Man is able to do what he is unable to imagine."
Rene Char

"No journey is too great if you find what you seek."
Unknown

"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire."
William Butler Yeats

"The first time I see a jogger smile, I'll consider it."
Joan Rivers

"Who is Wise? One who learns from every man."
Ben Zoma

"A great deal of talent is lost to the world for the want of a little courage."
Sydney Smith

How To Get A Google Voice Phone Number

1. Go to your Google Account settings

2. Under the heading "Email addresses and usernames", and next to your email address, click the "Edit" link

3. Set the Country to "United States" and click "Save"

4. Select "Language" and choose "English (United States)"

5. Go to the web page "google.com/voice":

6. Open Voice Settings

7. Click on "Get a Voice number"

8. Click "I want a new number"

9. Search for a number that you like

10. Choose a PIN and accept the terms

11. Enter a US number to associate with the account (this is mandatory to activate the Google Voice number, but can be removed once it is active, so you can use a friend's number if you don't have your own number in the USA).

12. Click "Call me now", answer the call and when prompted, enter the code

Once you've entered the code your new Google Voice number should be active.

It is also recommended to install the voice and video component for your web browser, so you can make and receive calls directly from within Gmail.  For Chrome, this component is called "Google Talk Plugin", and can be installed from within Gmail, using the Google Talk widgets.