"Individuality in opinion, or, what is more, in thinking, is simply one with thinking at all; for he who thinks thereby looks at the thing or the fact itself and takes its measure by observation directly, not content with the measures of others."

“Any writer worth his salt knows that only a small proportion of literature does nore than partly compensate people for the damage they have suffered in learning to read.”

“Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.”

“As I get older, everything feels like it's fundamentally connected, and once you've accepted the idea that business is right, and the free market - though there's never really been one - is right, then everything else just follows naturally from there.”

Source : Interview with Nitsuh Abebe, pitchfork.com. November 10, 2008.

“Canada is the essence of not being. Not English, not American, it is the mathematic of not being. And a subtle flavour - we're more like celery as a flavour.”

“We trust and believe in what we love.”

“The values that reside in art are anarchic, they are every man's loves and hates and his momentary divine revelation.”

“I have had some bad shooting games but that doesn't stop me from getting the ball to my teammates”

“It is characteristic of genius to be hopeful and aspiring.”

Source : Harriet Martineau (1837). “Society in America”, p.7