"The real world is far too complex and unpredictable to make something like the idea of humanity controlling its own evolution or engineering itself - well, I wouldn't say impossible but it should be approached with a degree of caution."

-- Ken MacLeod

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“Apple already had everyone's billing information from iTunes... you could buy things just by typing in your password... That, for the first time, brought very, very easy payment to the modern software world. That, more than anything, is why there is a business for paid apps.”
“When you decide to be something, you can be it. That's what they don't tell you in the church. When I was your age, they would say we can become cops or criminals. Today, what I'm saying to you is this: when you're facing a loaded gun, what's the difference?”
“I think too many people presume to read the divine Scriptures and fall into such terrors as this,' said Patricius sternly. 'Those who presume on their learning will learn, I trust, to listen to their priests for the true interpretations.' The Merlin smiled gently. 'I cannot join you in that wish, brother. I am dedicated to the belief that it is God's will that all men should strive for wisdom in themselves, not look to it from some other. Babes, perhaps, must have their food chewed for them by a nurse, but men may drink and eat of wisdom for themselves.”
“There's time to slow down, after you're dead.”

Source : "ELLE 25: A Look Back". www.elle.com. March 25, 2010.
“I do like the word timeless. That's a great word.”
“Passionate investment leaves us vulnerable to loss. And sometimes, no matter how clever we are, we must lose.”
“It's much more interesting to try and understand what binds two people together. Why we stay with each other is much more of a mystery than why we don't.”
“And now, with the aid of this common beer glass, I shall play my fifty guinea solo.”

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