"If somebody asked me to come up with a mental image of my hockey career, there is absolutely no doubt I would be wearing the uniform of the Vancouver Canucks in it."

“Love, it turns out, is as undemocratic as money, so it accumulates around people who have plenty of it already: the sane, the healthy, the lovable.”

“Eight, sir; seven, sir; Six, sir; five, sir; Four, sir; Three, sir; Two, sir; one! Tenser, said the Tensor. Tenser, said the Tensor. Tension, apprehension, And dissension have begun.”

Source : Alfred Bester (1996). “The Demolished Man”, Vintage

“One thing I want to make clear: You never want to hide from your debts. It doesn't work.”

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“I box but I have never heard anyone say that I was a boring fighter or that they didn't really like watching my style.”

“There is one class of mind that loves to lean on rules and definitions, and another that discards them as far as possible. A faddist will generally ask for a definition of faddism, and one who is not a faddist will be impatient of being asked to give one.”

“Fear cannot be banished, but it can be calm and without panic; it can be mitigated by reason and evaluation.”

Source : VANNEVAR BUSH (1949). “MODERN ARMS AND FREE MEN: A DISCUSSION OF THE ROLE OF SCIENCE IN PRESERVING DEMOCRACY”

“I don't discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I'm not interested in philosophy classes.”

“My reputation is a media creation.”