17 quotes found
“Anymore, no one's mind is their own.”
“Some people still think knowledge is power.”
“After long enough, everyone in the world will be you enemy.”
“There are worse things you can do to people you love than kill them.”
“No matter how much you love someone, you still want to have you own way.”
“History is filled with brilliant people who wanted to fix things and just made them worse.”
“No one wants to admit we're addicted to music. That's just not possible. No one's addicted to music and television and radio. We just need more of it, more channels, a larger screen, more volume. W...”
“The best way to waste your life is by taking notes. The easiest way to avoid living is to just watch. Look for the details. Report. Don't participate. Let Big Brother do the singing and dancing for...”
“Experts in ancient Greek culture say that people back then didn't see their thoughts as belonging to them. When ancient Greeks had a thought, it occurred to them as a god or goddess giving an order...”
“Either a species learns to control its own population, or something like disease, famine, war, will take care of the issue.”
“Centuries ago, sailors on long voyages used to leave a pair of pigs on every deserted island. Or they'd leave a pair of goats. Either way, on any future visit, the island would be a source of meat....”
“In a world where vows are worthless.Where making a pledge means nothing. Where promises are made to be broken, it would be nice to see words come back into power.”
“The voice says, maybe you don't go to hell for the things you do. Maybe you go to hell for the things you don't do. The things you don't finish.”
“You'd be surprised just how fast you can close the door on your past. Learn needlepoint. Make a stained-glass lamp.”
“Do you know why most survivors of the Holocaust are vegan? It's because they know what it's like to be treated like an animal.”
“Old-time ranchers planted cheatgrass because it would green up fast in the spring and provide early forage for grazing cattle, Oyster says, nodding his head at the world outside. This first patch o...”
“Are these things really better than the things I already have? Or am I just trained to be dissatisfied with what I have now?”