"My major aim in writing is to set out flags and issue wake-up calls."

“The Paleolithic hunters who painted the unsurpassed animal murals on the ceiling of the cave at Altamira had only rudimentary tools. Art is older than production for use, and play older than work. Man was shaped less by what he had to do than by what he did in playful moments. It is the child in man that is the source of his uniqueness and creativeness, and the playground is the optimal milieu for the unfolding of his capacities.”

“The first secret of getting what you want is knowing what you want.”

“In New York people don't go to the theatre - they go to see hits.”

“She tilted her head, considering the sensation. "It is strange." He gave a hiss of laughter at the words. "It only gets stranger, darling. But we shall try for something more.”

“Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtasked. Good mental machinery ought to break its own wheels and levers, if anything is thrust among them suddenly which tends to stop them or reverse their motion. A weak mind does not accumulate force enough to hurt itself; stupidity often saves a man from going mad.”

“There are lying looks, as well as lying words; dissembling smiles, deceiving signs, and even a lying silence.”

Source : Ellin DEVIS (1797). “The Accidence; or First rudiments of English grammar. Designed for the use of young ladies ... The third edition, with very considerable additions”, p.126

“I have always maintained that translation is essentially the closest reading one can possibly give a text. The translator cannot ignore "lesser" words, but must consider every jot and tittle.”

“Capitalism can no more be 'persuaded' to limit growth than a human being can be 'persuaded' to stop breathing. Attempts to 'green' capitalism, to make it 'ecological', are doomed by the very nature of the system as a system of endless growth.”

Source : "Remaking Society". Book by Murray Bookchin, 1989.