"My point is, no one can stop the Internet. No one can stop that march. It doesn't mean that it's going to be smooth, though."

“The United States has been utilizing what may prove to be the most historically inept strategy in the entire history of warfare, in which the enemy nations are occupied while allowing its own territory to be colonized.”

“L]iberalism holds that the resources (divine and human) that are available for the achievement of meaningful change justify an attitude of ultimate optimism”

Source : James Luther Adams (1976). “On being human religiously: selected essays in religion and society”, Beacon Press (MA)

“Judgment is guilt wearing a moral mask to disguise its pain.”

“Scientists are used to debating with one another about the finer points of new research. But increasingly, they find themselves battling their televisions and computer screens, which transmit ever-more-heated rhetoric from politicians, pundits, and other public figures who misinterpret, misrepresent, and malign scientific results.”

Source : "Science and Democracy" by Lewis M. Branscomb and Andrew A. Rosenberg, The Scientist, www.the-scientist.com. October 1, 2012.

“My lab and academic work fill my day from about 9 am to 7 p.m. Then I zoom out the lens to work on my other writing.”

“Once upon a time, I believe it was a Tuesday when I caught your eye, we got onto something, I hold on to the night. You looked me in the eye and told me you loved me. Were you just kidding, cuz it seems to me, this thing is breaking down we almost never speak. I don't feel welcome anymore. Baby what happened please tell me cuz one second is perfect now you're halfway out the door. And I stood at the phone, you still haven't called. And you feel so below you, can't feel nothing at all. And I flashback to when he said forever & always.”

“I love superconductors.”

“The golden rule would be to write a great, authentic song that is well produced and it will find its home. The audience can feel whether or not the artist is being genuine in their music. It's up to the artist to have the courage to reveal their truth through their songs.”