"Rights are subordinate to responsibilities."

“At this very moment enormous numbers of intelligent men and women of goodwill are trying to build a better world. But problems are born faster than they can be solved.”

“One of the drawbacks of Fame is that one can never escape from it.”

“Reason is the glory of human nature, and one of the chief eminences whereby we are raised above our fellow-creatures, the brutes, in this lower world.”

“Granted, I could go out and lose everything (by) gambling and drinking, but there's no sense in denying it. It's in my blood.”

“Never play leapfrog with a unicorn.”

“The man believes the woman's got the hidden secret. That's a rare thing. You meet lots of people, and they're all deserved of love, of course, but romantic love involves some kind of supplement: she has the secret. That's what's desired.”

Source : Interview with Jenn Pelly, pitchfork.com. August 10, 2012.

“By your hand the people shall live”

“The quality of American patents has been deteriorating for years; they are increasingly issued for products and processes that are not truly innovative - things like the queuing system for Netflix, which was patented in 2003. Yes, it makes renting movies a snap, but was it really a breakthrough deserving patent protection?”