"The increased global linkages promote economic growth in the world through two key mechanisms: the division of labor and the international spillovers of knowledge."

“The unions might be good for the people who are in the unions but it doesn't do a thing for the people who are unemployed. Because the union keeps down the number of jobs, it doesn't do a thing for them.”

“Curtailment of free speech is rationalized on grounds that a more compelling American tradition forbids criticism of the government when the nation is at war... Nothing can be more destructive of our fundamental democratic traditions than the vicious effort to silence dissenters.”

“I pick projects according to how fascinating they are to me, and it has resulted in a broad reach. My records are actually in five different sports: balloons, airplanes, airships, gliders, and sailboats.”

“Sex complicates, but it is the power of love to simplify.”

Source : Geoff Ryman (2014). “The Child Garden”, p.64, Hachette UK

“Fenugreek, Tuesday's spice, when the air is green like mosses after rain.”

“I hate menus, I hate choosing food. I just want to be brought. Bring me dinner!”

“Making a movie is the same as an orchestra; it's moving all the different instruments and the sounds, the kinetic and the auditory and the visual all together. I'm probably the trombone.”

“Actually, the suburbs are far more sinister places than most city dwellers imagine. Their very blandness forces the imagination into new areas. I mean, one's got to get up in the morning thinking of a deviant act, merely to make certain of one's freedom. It needn't be much; kicking the dog will do.”