"I used to think then that I was Bohemian, but I know now that I am not. I prefer order and precision to untidiness and looseness."

“There's what we did wrong and what we did right. The mistake is that we did some things against the people — by us and also by the enemy — but the other side, as I told you, is that without our struggle there would be no Cambodia right now.”

Source : "Day of Reckoning". "Far Eastern Economic Review" Magazine, October 1997.

“Well then, "Katsa said. "Of course, we'll operate with the greatest possible secrecy, Bitterblue. And for what it's worth, we'll deny your involvement to our dying breaths, and I'll kill anyone who doesn't." Bann began to laugh into Raffin's shoulder. Smiling, Raffin said sideways to him, "Can you imagine what it would be like to be able to say that and mean it?”

Source : Rob Brezsny (2005). “Pronoia Is the Antidote for Paranoia: How the Whole World Is Conspiring to Shower You with Blessings”, p.35, Frog Books

“War is sweet to them that know it not.”

“Forget anything after, the 1986 Turbo cars really were rockets, and to handle them I really think you had to be a man”

“Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths pure theatre.”

“Do all you can with what you have, in the time you have, in the place you are.”

Source : "One Boy's Heroism in the Face of AIDS". "All Things Considered", www.npr.org. December 1, 2004.

“The most revolutionary thing one can do is always to proclaim loudly what is happening.”

“Now suppose that the clue experiences that can correct the illusion become for some reason increasingly scarce – perhaps because the dominant story itself brings about their elimination! Then the illusion might go on for a very long time, might have to result in real catastrophe, before anyone realizes anything is wrong.”

Source : Val Plumwood (2012). “The Eye of the Crocodile”, p.13, ANU E Press