"Never underestimate human stupidity."

“The thing about changing the world... Once you do it, the world's all different.”

“I would say off the cuff that I am an anxious person. I worry about everything. I need to know everything. I tend to live in a state of anxiety with the feeling that life is some kind of great catastrophe.”

“The average mind requires a change of environment before he can change his thought. He has to go somewhere or bring into his presence something that will suggest a new line of thinking and feeling. The master mind, however, can change his thought whenever he so desires. A change of scene is not necessary, because such a mind is not controlled from without. A change of scene will not produce a change of thought in the master mind unless he so elects.”

“Technology is an extension of our hands and our feet, not our spirit.”

“Liadan," he said, staring intently at the ground. "Yes," I whispered. "Don't wed that man Eamonn. Tell him, if he takes you, he's a dead." --Bran”

“Once upon a time, the most successful Democratic leader of them all, FDR, looked south and said I see one third of a nation ill-housed, ill clad, ill nourished. Today our national Democratic leaders look south and say, I see one third of a nation and it can go to hell.”

Source : "Meet the Press" with Tim Russert, votesmart.org. November 2, 2003.

“You never really know yourself until you see yourself under pressure.”

“We worked and worked, didn't get anywhere. That's how you know you're doing research.”