If there was an observer on Mars, they would probably be amazed that we have survived this long.

Students who acquire large debts putting themselves through school are unlikely to think about changing society. When you trap people in a system of debt, they can't afford the time to think.

The general population doesn't know what's happening, and it doesn't even know that it doesn't know.

That's the standard technique of privatization: defund, make sure things don't work, people get angry, you hand it over to private capital.

Jingoism, racism, fear, religious fundamentalism: these are the ways of appealing to people if you're trying to organize a mass base of support for policies that are really intended to crush them.

There's a good reason why nobody studies history, it just teaches you too much.

The world is a very puzzling place. If you're not willing to be puzzled, you just become a replica of someone else's mind.

Democratic societies can't force people. Therefore they have to control what they think.

Nobody should have any illusions. The United States has essentially a one-party system and the ruling party is the business party.

If you want to control a population... give them a God to worship.

A language is not just words. It's a culture, a tradition, a unification of a community, a whole history that creates what a community is. It's all embodied in a language.

Through the eyes of the brave, the future makes past tense perfect sense.

Magic isn’t something that can be explained: it simply is. It takes while it gives. So” – the spinner steps closer, his outstretched hand demanding – “I have given you magic, and now it must be paid.

God will not judge by man’s standard of what is right, but by His own, and they are vastly different!

Living Beauty is about creating a new ideal, a new reality, and a new aspiration for yourself. It's a guide filled with knowledge, secrets, and solutions to make you look and feel great

To the dumb question, 'Why me?' the cosmos barely bothers to return the reply, 'Why not?'

We don't want to bury our heads in the sand about serious issues.

There is a slumbering subterranean fire in nature which never goes out, and which no cold can chill.

Penn & Teller don't know jack about global warming.

We have at our disposal modern techniques for seeing everything, apprehending everything, yet we see nothing.

I started writing short fiction very briefly, as I imagine is the case for some novelists.