Of course, a positive growth rate might be taken as evidence that a population is below its optimum.

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.

It is chronic water shortage in the body that causes most diseases of the human body.Dr. Fereydoon Batmanghelidj

To be a STAR, you must shine your own light, follow your own path and don’t worry about the darkness, for that, is when stars shine brightest

Hardship is a legitimate test of character, resilience a legitimate sign of strength and patience a legitimate mark of faith.

A good teacher is like a good artist. They go right to the most difficult part of whatever's going on.

Cyndi Lauper was hilarious and generous, someone I'd loved from childhood who didn't disappoint.

In 1958, I came to Chicago where I have remained.

I've been aware of the work I do as an actor being directorial in feel.

Either you are so underdeveloped that you can't see all that you can do, or you won't sacrifice your ease, your vanity, or whatever it is, to do it.

The dearest things I know are what you are.

Could anything be absurder than a man? The animal who knows everything about himself--except why he was born and the meaning of his unique existence.