An attack on values is inevitably seen as an act of subversion.

But it is no good using the tongs of reason to pull the Fundamentalists' chestnuts out of the fire of contradiction. Their real troubles lie elsewhere.

You cannot do only one thing.

(Technology reliability) x (Human reliability) = (System reliability)

No one should be able to enter a wilderness by mechanical means.

In a competitive world of limited resources, total freedom of individual action is intolerable

People are the quintessential element in all technology... Once we recognize the inescapable human nexus of all technology our attitude toward the reliability problem is fundamentally changed.

Ruin is the destination toward which all men rush, each pursuing his own best interest in a society that believes in the freedom of the commons.

Why are ecologists and environmentalists so feared and hated? This is because in part what they have to say is new to the general public, and the new is always alarming.

Freedom in a commons brings ruin to all.

The only thing we can really count on in this uncertain world is human unreliability itself.

We have mainly been taught to just stay in the church, be faithful, serve the church, and serve the man of God.

When one has not had a good father one must create one.

Let us try to see things from their better side: You complain about seeing thorny rose bushes; Me, I rejoice and give thanks to the gods That thorns have roses.

Labor is one of the processes by which A acquires property for B.

Marriage is commonly a meal wherein the soup is better than the desert.

A rabbit that runs away from the bull-terrier is not particularly non-violent.

A dense undergrowth of extension cords sustains my upper world of lights, music, and machines of comfort.

Ironically my brother died in a car accident shortly after Airbag was recorded. He's not an identical twin so I didn't care.

I was pretty much grown-up by the time I attended school in Britain - or as grown-up as I'll ever get.

I get to do some kind of artwork almost everyday and it just so happens that I can pay the bills and support my family while doing it.