"Additional problems are the offspring of poor decisions. When inquiry and advocacy are combined, the goal is no longer 'to win the argument', but to find the best argument."

“Fashion has a political role insofar as following it can give you the impression to belonging to a certain social group or a private club.”

“An investigation may take six months. A quick interview, profile, a day.”

“Language is the picture and counterpart of thought.”

Source : Mark Hopkins (2009). “Miscellaneous Essays and Discourses”, p.224, Applewood Books

“In order to share one's true brilliance one initially has to risk looking like a fool: genius is like a wheel that spins so fast, it at first glance appears to be sitting still.”

“Although population and consumption are societal issues, technology is the business of business. If economic activity must increase tenfold over what it is today to support a population nearly double its current size, then technology will have to reduce its impact twenty-fold merely to keep the planet at its current levels of environmental impact. For example, to stabilize the climate we may have to reduce real carbon emissions by as much as 80 percent, while simultaneously growing the world economy by an order of magnitude.”

Source : Stuart L. Hart (2010). “Capitalism at the Crossroads: Next Generation Business Strategies for a Post-Crisis World”, p.52, FT Press

“Art and revolt will die only with the last man.”

“God created each one of us in our own unique way. Just like a snowflake we all hold a blueprint that differs one from another. It's great to lose weight and keep our bodies healthy and strong, but it's also important that we appreciate who we are today - with or without extra pounds.”

“Ten Downing Street is a house, not an office. That is its most important characteristic.”