"Another cause for the increase in alienation and cynicism is a feeling that too many policy decisions that affect individuals have been taken out of any system that has accountability or that they can influence."

“One of my foolish qualities is to jump boldly, and then think about it later.”

Source : Source: aalbc.com

“My son Hannibal will be a great general, because of all my soldiers he best knows how to obey.”

“A finite world can support only a finite population; therefore, population growth must eventually equal zero.”

Source : Garrett James Hardin (1972). “Exploring new ethics for survival: the voyage of the spaceship Beagle”, Viking Adult

“It's so crucial to really get a good handle on what's getting in the way of the kid completing a homework assignment. It can be so many things.”

“If you're the biggest DJ in the world, you're in a position where you can play stuff that people don't know and blow people's minds. But if you just chose to play stuff they know just to get a reaction, that's just being lazy.”

Source : "The problem with mainstream EDM festivals" by Emilee Lindner, www.mtv.com. March 31, 2015.

“We have come a long way and we have a little further to go.”

“It is clear enough that you are making some distinction in what you said, that there is some nicety of terminology in your words. I can't quite follow you.”

Source : Flann O'Brien (2007). “The Complete Novels”, Everyman's Library

“The purpose of religion is not so much to get us into heaven, or to keep us out of hell, but to put a little bit of heaven into us, and take the hell out of us. This has always been the greatest responsibility of religion.”