"I played one game, and one game played me."

“Goodwill is the only asset that competition cannot undersell or destroy.”

“Once you get that two-way energy thing going, everyone benefits hugely.”

“There are moments when rather than reforming the human race I'd like to abandon it altogether and go become, say, one of Dr. O'Reilly's macaques, which have to have more sense.”

Source : Connie Willis (1996). “Futures Imperfect”, Doubleday Books

“Anti-theism presupposes Theism”

“Consciousness is the creative element in the universe. Without it, nothing would appear.”

Source : Fred Alan Wolf (1989). “Taking the quantum leap: the new physics for nonscientists”, Harpercollins

“Pity can purge us of hostility and arouse feelings of identification with the characters, but it can also be a consoling reassurance which leads us to believe that we have understood, and that, in pitying, we have even done something to right a wrong.”

Source : Richard Wright (1957). “Native Son”, p.393, McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

“I always see to the dogs first and leave the cats and the occasional birds and rabbits and hamsters for later. It isn't that I play favorites, it's just that dogs are needier than other pets. Leave a dog alone for very long and it'll start going a little nuts. Cats, on the other hand, try to give you the impression that they didn't even notice you were gone. Oh, were you out? they'll say, I didn't notice. Then they'll raise their tails to show you their little puckered anuses and walk away.”

“Revolutions are celebrated when they are no longer dangerous.”