For this wire is as a part of our body, as a vein torn from us, glowing with our blood. Are we proud of this thread of metal, or of our hands which made it, or is there a line to divide these two?

My happiness is not the means to any end. It is the end. It is its own goal. It is its own purpose.

There is fear hanging in the air of the sleeping halls, and the air of the streets. Fear walks through the city, fear without name, without shape. All men feel it and none dare speak.

For the coming of that day shall I fight, I and my sons and my chosen friends. For the freedom of Man. For his rights. For his life. For his honor.

I understood that centuries of chains and lashes will not kill the spirit of man nor the sense of truth within him.

Their eyes were dark and hard and glowing, with no fear in them, no kindness and no guilt.

To be free, a man must be free from his brothers. That is freedom. That and nothing else.

We alone, of the thousands who walk this earth, we alone in this hour are doing a work which has no purpose save that we wish to do it.

The power of the sky can be made to do men's bidding. There are no limits to its secrets and its might, and it can be made to grant us anything if we but choose to ask.

We have lied to ourselves. We have not built this box for the good of our brothers. We built it for its own sake. It is above all our brothers to us, and its truth above their truth.

This box is useless, " said Alliance 6-7349.Should it be what they claim of it, " said Harmony 9-2642, "then it would bring ruin to the Department of Candles.

Without humor, we’d all be what we’re laughing at. Without arrogance, we’d be humiliated to admit we already are.

Silly little monster” all would say.They’d scratch its head and turn awayuntil it snatched their tiny noses.They couldn’t even smell the roses!Ever after, every childdreaded monsters, fierce or mild.

Most things look better from a distance...And as a matter of fact, so do most people. - The Spook, pg 435

To deceive oneself is worse than to deceive others." These harsh words pierced me to the core.

Forgetfulness - a gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience.

That's always a cool thing to be the voice of what the eyes are seeing. It gives you the role of the Greek chorus and that's always fun to do.

If I don't deliver a majority mandate in 2019, fire me.

Two seemingly incompatible conceptions can each represent an aspect of the truth... They may serve in turn to represent the facts without ever entering into direct conflict.

The best business plans are straightforward documents that spell out the who, what, where, why, and how much.

The amazing thing about working in social media and technology is that you can get to know the sharpest thinkers from around the world without having to spend hours on planes!