"The most wonderful revenge you can have is by dumping an attractive, vacant man for an uglier one. That way all of his friends can scratch their heads, and for the next year or so wonder why."

“The life and ventures of Mickey Mouse have been closely bound up with my own personal and professional life.”

“You never want to look like an old fart doing young rap music.”

Source : Interview with David Drake, pitchfork.com. October 15, 2014.

“The systems perspective tells us that we must look beyond individual mistakes or bad luck to understand important problems.”

“Let your boat of life be light, packed with only what you need - a homely home and simple pleasures, one or two friends, worth the name, someone to love and someone to love you, a cat, a dog, and a pipe or two, enough to eat and enough to wear, and a little more than enough to drink; for thirst is a dangerous thing.”

Source : Jerome K. Jerome (2014). “Three Men in a Boat: To Say Nothing of the Dog”, p.44, Diderot Publishing

“Doubt is the tax man pays for the luxury of useless knowledge.”

“The media has created this environment that is okay to say almost anything about somebody who is, you know, right of Jane Fonda. You know, if you are slightly conservative or even libertarian points of view, especially if you are persuasive and charismatic and funny and effective, you will get called the most appalling things.”

“On the theoretical side, I was concerned with stochastic resonance.”

“The problem is if you really believe in a society where those who merit to get to the top, get to the top, you’ll also, by implication … believe in a society where those who deserve to get to the bottom also get to the bottom and stay there.”