“The key thing about all the world's big problems is that they have to be dealt with collectively. If we don't get people to deal with them collectively, we're not going to get them solved.”— Hal Abelson
“A culture, like an individual, is a more or less consistent pattern of thought and action.”— Ruth Benedict
“Civilization is the distance that man has placed between himself and his own excreta.”— Brian Aldiss
“For me, the essence of a liberal society is not just an obsession with individual liberty, but also a belief in the power of community.”— Paddy Ashdown
“The consumer society is directed toward a phony novelty. It is fueled by meaningless choice, tastes are manipulated.”— J. G. Ballard
“Tolerance is a virtue that makes peace possible; intolerance is a passion that makes it impossible.”— Edmond About
“Utilitarian individualism has a greediness that is as boundless as its wants.”— Robert Neelly Bellah
“If we were to select a single everyday custom which, more than any other, provides a clue to a nation's character, we should have to nominate its eating habits.”— George Aiken
“People are starting to get tired of paying experts to tell them what they already know.”— Roseanne Barr