"The way we communicate with others and with ourselves ultimately determines the quality of our lives."

“To boldly go where no uploaded metahuman colony has gone before' has a certain ring to it, doesn't it?”

Source : Charles Stross (2005). “Accelerando”, p.380, Penguin

“You cannot export revolution, progress, by force of arms.”

“The longer we remain in Iraq the more our occupation becomes part of the problem... rather than the solution.”

“The world is full of assholes. What are you doing to make sure you're not one of them?”

“That's always my downfall - when I start not having fun or not feeling passionate about what I'm doing. But that's why I love Emilio Pucci. There are some design houses that operate on a more intellectual level, but the way Pucci has always worked is more spontaneous and instinctual.”

“You don't want to seem too eager, too romantic - otherwise, it just looks a bit try-hard. But I do think that a first date should be intimate. So I'd choose a nice dinner somewhere cozy, not too crowded, with good wine.”

Source : "Game of Thrones Star Kit Harington Talks Swordplay, Show Details, and Dating (P.S. He Likes Girls Who Eat!)". "Glamour" Interview, www.glamour.com. March 27, 2013.

“It's something I find enjoyable. Whether it is a road bike or mountain bike or tandem bike. I enjoy riding a bike.”

“Science fiction is essentially a kind of fiction in which people learn more about how to live in the real world, visiting imaginary worlds unlike our own, in order to investigate by way of pleasurable thought-experiments how things might be done differently.”