"Television has borrowed from the carnival midway the barker's tease: "Coming Up Next: a Perfect 10" (Sex? Bo Derek? No, the weatherman comes on to say that tomorrow will be nice)."

“When I think about greatness I just know Ayrton Senna. He was great.”

“The pimp has a grin, never a smile.”

Source : Jean Genet (1994). “The Balcony”, p.26, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

“If there is one thing more difficult than submitting oneself to a regime it is refraining from imposing it on other people.”

“Popular atheism is not a philosophy but a therapy,”

“I'm a better mother if I'm also doing my work. Some women find a lot more satisfaction from doing the hardest job, which is being a mom. But I like my day job, so I juggle a lot.”

“Nothing is as depressing as absolute logic. Look at the maze of French politics perpetrated by a logical people.”

“I'm always inspired by the hidden treasures, unique personalities and New York's overall charm.”

“I have always felt that no matter how inscrutable its ways and means, the universe is working perfectly and working according to a greater plan than we can know.”

Source : "The Death of Cynthia Horner" by John Perry Barlow, w2.eff.org. April 1994.