"The old philosophy was that parents, especially mothers, caused their kids to become schizophrenic. Now we see that when a kid is this crazy, he'll make the family begin to seem crazy."

“It is admitted that all men have an equal right to the enjoyment of their life, property and personal security; and it is the duty as it is the object, of government to protect every man in this enjoyment.”

Source : "The Thoughts, Letters and Opuscules of Blaise Pascal".

“If the modern spirit, whatever that may be, is disinclined towards taking the Lord's word at its face value (as I hear is the case), we may observe that Isaiah's testimony to the character of the masses has strong collateral support from respectable Gentile authority. Plato lived into the administration of Eubulus, when Athens was at the peak of its jazz-and-paper era, and he speaks of the Athenian masses with all Isaiah's fervency, even comparing them to a herd of ravenous wild beasts.”

“I have no point in my system or morals where I say, 'This is too far.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

“You ought to be able to grow up in a place and not have to get the hell out of it when you turn eighteen.”

Source : Philipp Meyer (2009). “American Rust”, p.119, Simon and Schuster

“As it develops, then, the concept of social space becomes broader. It infiltrates, even invades, the concept of production, becoming part - perhaps the essential part - of its content.”

“Adapting to climate change: It really is time for action...we are on a never-ending road; this is with us for the rest of our natural lives”

“I always thought I was different.”

“It was a defeat, resorting to crude threats in a game of subtlety, but sometimes one must sacrifice a battle to win the war.”