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“It is your ability as a creative person to envision positive change that will make a difference.”
Source : Caffyn Kelley, Patricia Johanson (2006). “Art and Survival: Patricia Johanson's Environmental Projects”, Salt Spring Island, B.C. : Islands Institute
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“Everything is from God himself, both commandment and fulfillment. He alone commands; he alone fulfills.”
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“I've been using the Mac solely for years, and got very comfortable with it.”
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“Anyone who thinks sitting in church can make you a Christian must also think that sitting in a garage can make you a car.”
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“By 1914, the royal families of Europe were inbred to the point of pantomine. You feel about them as you do about koalas. Nothing so stupid has any right to exist on the planet. On the other hand, they are rather cute, and in grave danger of extinction due to their specialised needs.”
Source : "Last night's TV" by Nancy Banks-Smith, www.theguardian.com. December 15, 2006.
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“Monopolies are not justified by theory; they should be permitted only when justified by facts. If there is no solid basis for extending a certain monopoly protection, then we should not extend that protection. This does not mean that every copyright must prove its value initially. That would be a far too cumbersome system of control. But it does mean that every system or category of copyright or patent should prove its worth. Before the monopoly should be permitted, there must be reason to believe it will do some good -- for society, and not just for monopoly holders.”
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“I was most impressed with the professionalism of our soldiers stationed there, and I am now more confident than ever that that the operations at Guantanamo are being conducted in a humane and necessary manner.”
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“But if you were Charlotte, and you had been feeling that life was some cosmic joke that had no punchline, and in the space of a moment you had gone from being Charlotte-without-a-kitten to being Charlotte-with-a-kitten, you too would have found it nothing short of remarkable.”
Source : Anne Ursu, Eric Fortune (2007). “The Shadow Thieves”, p.7, Simon and Schuster