"Systems programmers are the high priests of a low cult."

“To bring about a genuine political realignment, Republicans must kill the Government Goose that Lays the Golden Eggs - the very Goose they have fought so hard and long to possess.”

“It's the faster bands that made me want to play guitar, bands like The Jam.”

“You learn that existence is legible but that you have to have a critical mind if you're going to read it.”

“As African-Americans, we often spend our time and energy blaming other people for the problems we see around us.”

“Most brown bread is merely white bread with a fake tan.”

“The good teams are good at what they do.”

“Wisdom is the best guide and faith is the best companion.”

“As Western nations became more prosperous, leisure, which had been put off for several centuries in favor of the pursuit of property, the means to leisure, finally began to be of primary concern. But, in the meantime, any notion of the serious life of leisure, as well as men's taste and capacity to live it, had disappeared.”