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“The biographies of the great men see their excesses as signs of their greatness.”
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“That man is wisest who, like Socrates, realizes that his wisdom is worthless”
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“With my family background - my parents were both activists - writing about culture and politics came naturally.”
Source : "Go Forth (Vol. 41)". Interview with Kristen Evans, logger.believermag.com. February 26, 2016. 
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“I wish people used wishes to modify themselves instead of others. Wish to be low maintenance. Wish to be autonomous, even.”
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“I hope you're as lucky as I am. The world needs inventors--great ones. You can be one. If you love what you do and are willing to do what it really takes, it's within your reach. And it'll be worth every minute you spend alone at night, thinking and thinking about what it is you want to design or build. It'll be worth it, I promise.”
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“The new morality does not consist in saving but in expanding consumption.”
Source : Simon N. Patten (1968). “The New Basis of Civilization”, p.215, Harvard University Press
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“Dexter's a unique killer in that his father saw his dark impulses, shined a light on them, and told Dexter that he saw them, he accepted them, that Dexter is good and that he is worthy of love. And I think that's what enables him to focus his energies in this unique way.”
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“Fashions in bigotry come and go. The right thing lasts.”
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“The money economy thus leaves a large ecological footprint, defined as the amount of land and resources required to meet a typical consumer's needs. For example, with only about 4% of the world's population, the United States, the largest money economy, consumes in excess of one-quarter of the world's energy and materials and generates in excess of 25 percent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions.”
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“You’ve got to have a little more confidence in us than that. It’s insulting.”
