For however much the state may gain by not having to fund roads on its own, society would lose in aggregate if the open commons of transportation were lost.

The danger in media concentration comes not from the concentration, but instead from the feudalism that this concentration, tied to the change in copyright, produces.

The war against illegal file-sharing is like the church's age-old war against masturbation. It's a war you just can't win.

Creation always involves building upon something else. There is no art that doesn't reuse. And there will be less art if every reuse is taxed by the appropriator.

Before the monopoly should be permitted, there must be reason to believe it will do some good - for society, and not just for monopoly holders.

Monopoly controls have been the exception in free societies; they have been the rule in closed societies.

We are on the cusp of this time where I can say, "I speak as a citizen of the world" without others saying, "God, what a nut."

If the Internet teaches us anything, it is that great value comes from leaving core resources in a commons, where they're free for people to build upon as they see fit.

A culture without property, or in which creators can't get paid, is anarchy, not freedom.

Of all the creative work produced by humans anywhere, a tiny fraction has continuing commercial value. For that tiny fraction, the copyright is a crucially important legal device.

Technology means you can now do amazing things easily; but you couldn't easily do them legally.

When you hope for the best for sure something better will happen.

Getting to the top should be a priority, but being aware of the reason for getting there should be the focus!

As if the night has been created for the writers and as if the silence of it is the very inspiration itself!

Reverence for life, veneratio vitæ, is the most direct and at the same time the profoundest achievement of my will-to-live.

There will always be a Beach Boys. Being a Beach Boy is like being in love

If you work, if you wait, you will find the place where the four-leaf clovers grow.

A son is like a lopped off branch. As a falcon he comes when he wills and goes where he lists.

Zealots: Wild eyed persons afflicted with incurable certainty about the workings of the world, a certainty that can lead to violence when the world doesn't fit.

I have enough to think about - I just don't ever want to have to think about my car.

When you're younger, you feel like work is work and relationships are supposed to be easy. As you get older, you realize you have to work at relationships to make them sustainable.