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“The earth is such a voluminous, sparse, wild place that has its own rhythm that human beings try to control and strategize our way around, but the truth is, if you're out someplace like the ocean on a capsized boat, it doesn't matter if you have academic degrees, or if you're a martial-arts ninja. Nature is a bigger force than you.”
Source : "Talking About Ghosts with Rachael Taylor". Interview with Mark Svartz, www.esquire.com. September 28, 2012.
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“I would like one day to play an FBI cop, just so I can hold the gun and shoot.”
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“It's good to give seniors more choices and more options, let them choose a plan that's best for them and target assistance to the lowest income people.”
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“Not everything is design. But design is about everything. So do yourself a favor: be ready for anything.”
Source : Michael Bierut (2012). “Seventy-nine Short Essays on Design”, p.13, Chronicle Books
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“I lost my public self, or had it stolenIn a way, it was a form of identity theft.”
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“The brain happens to be a meat machine.”
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“I thought that the United Nations is a creature of the five super-powers who were given veto powers. I don't like veto powers at all.”
Source : "Interview with Tun Dr Mahathir bin Mohamad". Interview with Sue Onslow, commonwealth-oral-history-project.blogs.sas.ac.uk. February 11, 2015.
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“I think it's a really sad situation when I have to lie to my doctor about what I need a medication for.”