"What drives me is that moment of discovery. I love the unknown."

“I would like to propose slow cycling. Commute by bike. At a stroke, you remove the need for and absurd cost of public transport. Cycling is almost completely free. There is no longer any need for the gym as you get fit by cycling. And you can go at your own pace.”

Source : "Idle thoughts" by Tom Hodgkinson, www.theguardian.com. February 11, 2006.

“Within my own life, I read all the beloved novels by lamps of vegetable oil; I saw the Standard Oil invading my own village, I saw gas lamps in the Chinese shops in Shanghai; and I saw their elimination by electric lights.”

“The tools to crush modern slavery exist, but the political will is lacking.”

Source : Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn (2009). “Half the Sky”, p.24, Vintage

“I am not the champion of lost causes, but the champion of causes not yet won.”

“During our session, I told Tove about how I'd done mind-speak on Duncan, but it only worked when I was irritated. Using that logic,Tove spent most of the morning trying to irritate me into using it. Sometimes it worked, but most of the time I just got pointlessly annoyed.”

Source : Amanda Hocking (2012). “Torn”, p.138, Pan Macmillan

“Much in sorrow, oft in woe, Onward, Christians, onward go.”

Source : Henry Kirke White, Robert Southey (1823). “The remains of Henry Kirke White, of Nottingham, late of St. John's college, Cambridge: with an account of his life”, p.148

“It seems to me the mark of a civilized society that certain privileges should be taken for granted such as education, health care and the safety to walk the streets.”

“I think Bush understands the Internet and the incredible expansion of global e-commerce.”