[T]he German censorship forbade or mutilated my every book, which was like sticking pins into my soul… – Israel Zangwill, Dreamers of the Ghetto, “From a Mattress Grave,” 1897 [characte
Conventional people are roused to fury by departures from convention, largely because they regard such departures as a criticism of themselves. – Bertrand Russell
Whats interesting about books that take place in the future, even twenty years in the future, is that many of them are black or white: Its either a utopia or its misery. The real truth is that theres going to be both things in any future, just like there is now. – Albert Brooks
Out of a hundred years a few minutes were made that stayed with me, not a hundred years. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin
While it is true that we must seek value added industries like food processing plants and call center operations, we must do what is necessary to expand and develop our economic profile. – Alan Autry
