Act always so as to increase the number of choices

First-order cybernetics is the science of observed systems; Second-order cybernetics is the science of observing systems.

Hard sciences are successful because they deal with the soft problems; soft sciences are struggling because they deal with the hard problems.

Objectivity is the delusion that observations could be made without an observer.

If you desire to see, learn how to act.

Objectivity is a subject's delusion that observing can be done without him.

What we need now is the description of the "describer" or, in other words, we need a theory of the observer.

Cybernetics is NOT the banana.

Something that cannot be explained cannot be seen.

The environment as we perceive it is our invention.

Should one name one central concept, a first principle, of cybernetics, it would be circularity.

The impoverished always try to keep moving, as if relocating might help.

I'm human. That's how humans spend their time, doing shitty things.

I prefer to be a dreamer among the humblest, with visions to be realized, than lord among those without dreams and desires.

I'm a health nut, but when I eat, I go hard. I'm a Buffalo wing magnet, a sandwich fanatic, a cheesesteak guy. But I'll only get a cheesesteak in Philadelphia. No one else does it right.

Actually freestyle really comes from 'Planet Rock'. If you listen to all the freestyle records you'll hear that they are based on 'Planet Rock'. All the Miami Bass records are based upon Planet Rock.

Be generous and you can be the best person who ever lived.

Honour is a luxury for aristocrats, but it is a necessity for hall-porters.

One of the greatest gifts that 'Homeland' has given me is it's affirming on a daily basis.

An idea isn't worth much until a man is found who has the energy and ability to make it work.