"After all, I want to make sure I stick with his original vision. So far, [Steven King] comments have always been the same - run with it!"

“There can be no true friends without true enemies”

Source : FaceBook post by Michael Dibdin from Feb 12, 2012

“We are often better served by connecting ideas than we are by protecting them.”

Source : Steven Johnson (2010). “Where Good Ideas Come From”, p.20, Penguin

“From the equality of rights springs identity of our highest interests; you cannot subvert your neighbor's rights without striking a dangerous blow at your own.”

Source : Carl Schurz, Frederic Bancroft (1913). “Speeches, Correspondence and Political Papers of Carl Schurz”, Putnam Juvenile

“Brooks Robinson belongs in a higher league.”

“Knowledge is power. Most of us agree that something has to be done to strengthen Social Security, and I believe it's irresponsible to arbitrarily dismiss any idea, Republican nor Democrat, without giving it a hard look.”

“I dont think I threw myself into music because I had the best intentions; it was because I was really angry.”

“Do you have any idea how many lives we must have gone through before we even got the first idea that there is more to life than eating, or fighting, or power in the Flock? A thousand lives, Jon, ten thousand!”

“Most British statesmen have either drunk too much or womanised too much. I never fell into the second category.”