"I expect that would be a very different world with very different priorities."

“Thanks to my memory, which enabled me to quote Latin and to discuss Greek and Roman civilization, it became obvious to some of my colleagues in other fields that I was interested in things outside mathematics. This lead quickly to very pleasant relationships.”

“The only liberty that is valuable is a liberty connected with order; that not only exists along with order and virtue, but which cannot exist at all without them. It inheres in good and steady government, as in its substance and vital principle.”

“You know what they say about hope. It breeds eternal misery!”

“I feel like acting is something I've been working towards longer. And it would be great to win a Grammy, of course, but for some reason, an Oscar speaks more to me.”

“I'm a big supporter of the Second Amendment. But I think I have a First Amendment right not to be shot.”

Source : Michael A. Nutter (2017). “Mayor: The Best Job in Politics”, p.86, University of Pennsylvania Press

“Pride is the rope God allows us all.”

Source : Leif Enger (2001). “Peace Like a River”, p.89, Atlantic Monthly Press

“The earth community, the Life Community, is not the property of any one religion or group or part of the world; it is the Commons that embraces us all, our planetary home. And it needs us as never before. It calls to us to become, not heroes but community builders, builders of home, gatherers and embracers, bearers of hospitality, keepers of the shared space that nurtures us all. It calls us not to go forth and come back laden with honors but to honor where we are, who we are, and from that place to reach out to connect to and honor each other in the community of life.”

“My own suspicion is that a stand-alone artificial mind will be more a tool of narrow utility than something especially apocalyptic.”