"The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me."
— Ayn Rand

"The difference between stupid and intelligent people – and this is true whether or not they are well-educated – is that intelligent people can handle subtlety. "
— Neal Stephenson (The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer)

"Show some fucking adaptability!"
— Neal Stephenson (Cryptonomicon)

"This is America. People do whatever the fuck they feel like doing, you got a problem with that? Because they have a right to. And because they have guns and no one can fucking stop them."
— Neal Stephenson (Snow Crash)

"When the Deliverator puts the hammer down, shit happens."
— Neal Stephenson (Snow Crash)

"That's funny because if anyone actually did prove the existence of God we'd just tell him 'nice proof Fraa Bly' and start believing in God."
— Neal Stephenson (Anathem)