"Dissonance cannot be corrected by criticism."

“Women deserve the same permanent rights and explicit protections given men in the Constitution.”

Source : "Women’s Equality Yet to Be Fully Realized" by Carolyn Maloney, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 26, 2011.

“We don't understand the power of nature and the world because we don't live with it. Our environment is designed to sustain us. We are the domestic pets of a human zoo called civilization.”

“Exhaustively researched and beautifully written, Cronkite is a classic. Douglas Brinkley has written his best book yet. This is a fascinating story that will be read for years to come.”

“We've got to get the gun out of the hands of people who are supposed to be on neighborhood watch.”

“I recently realized that I'm gender-fluid - I didn't even know that was a term until recently - but I have a strong effeminate side and identify with women in that way. Because women would make jokes and they were all really funny, but the straight male comics always said "faggot," or they had some really awful gay joke. And so it's like, I'm just going to watch the ladies because they don't - I'm sure there are, but I couldn't even tell you one woman comic that I've ever heard say the word "faggot."”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com

“Inventing is the resolution of technical contradictions.”

“Spring hangs her infant blossoms on the trees, Rock'd in the cradle of the western breeze.”

“There's a smokestack on the back of every government program.”