"One thing I think is interesting is the Jedi in the prequels are supposed to be peacekeepers, and certainly had a very artful way of making war. They had an artful way of defending themselves and inciting violence, really. You find that the Jedi who survived all of that had a much more simpler way of going about things."

“I can think of nothing more gallant, even though again and again we fail, than attempting to get at the facts; attempting to tell things as they really are. For at least reality, though never fully attained, can be defined. Reality is that which, when you don’t believe in it, doesn’t go away.”

Source : Valis ch. 5 (1981). Originally appeared in a 1978 lecture by Dick entitled "How to Build a Universe That Doesn't Fall Apart in Two Days." See Paktor 1

“It's easy to see things you're lookin' for. The trick is to see things you're not looking for.”

“Marriage is to family what legs are to a table.”

Source : Betty Jane Wylie (1988). “All in the family: a survival guide for family living & loving in a changing world”

“Actually I like the idea of being a Renaissance hack. If tombstones were still in style, I would want to have the two words chiseled right under my name.”

Source : Dennis Flanagan (1988). “Flanagan's Version: A Spectator's Guide to Science on the Eve of the 21st Century”, Alfred a Knopf Incorporated

“It took me forty years on earth To reach this sure conclusion: There is no Heaven but clarity, No Hell except confusion.”

Source : Jan Struther (1956). “A pocketful of pebbles”

“I couldn't care less about what anybody else has to say.”

“Every man carries with him through life a mirror, as unique and impossible to get rid of as his shadow.”

“I wanted to be looked at for the skateboarder that I was. I didn't want to be the 36-year-old skateboarder who's still holding on while owning a company at the same time. I wanted to make my mark and travel and accomplish a few things here and there and then get out.”

Source : Interview with Kenneth Plume, www.ign.com. Ocotber 2, 2000.