Chad Kohalyk > Chad's Quotes

“If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.”
― Stephen King

“One of his greatest talents was empathy; no sadist can aspire to perfection without that diagnostic ability.”
― Vernor Vinge, A Fire Upon the Deep

“The function of a book is to provide a reading experience.”
― Douglas Rushkoff

“Computers don't kill books; people do.”
― Douglas Rushkoff

“Cynicism is what passes for insight among the mediocre.”
― Joe Klein, Primary Colors

“This man is the bee's knees, Arthur, he is the wasp's nipples. He is, I would go so far as to say, the entire set of erogenous zones of every major flying insect of the Western world.”
― Douglas Adams, So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

“Books fall open, you fall in.”
― David T.W. McCord

“Data is the pollution problem of the information age, and protecting privacy is the environmental challenge.”
― Bruce Schneier, Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World

“I'm sure the universe is full of intelligent life. It's just been too intelligent to come here.”
― Arthur C. Clarke

“For me, I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you.”
― Neil deGrasse Tyson

“A nation is born stoic, and dies epicurean”
― Will Durant

“The real good stuff is in the little room in the back right. Rare volumes, you know. I especially recommend the first-edition Pratchetts.”
― Dan Moren, The Nova Incident

“The older I get, the more of an anarchist I become, and I don’t mean in a punk rock way.”
― Killer Mike

“One day you will be called upon to break a big law in the name of justice and rationality. Everything will depend on it. You have to be ready. How are you going to prepare for that day when it really matters? You have to stay "in shape" so that when the big day comes you will be ready. What you need is "anarchist calisthenics." Every day or so break some trivial law that makes no sense, even if it’s only jaywalking. Use your own head to judge whether a law is just or reasonable. That way, you'll keep trim; and when the big day comes, you'll be ready.”
― James C. Scott, Two Cheers for Anarchism: Six Easy Pieces on Autonomy, Dignity and Meaningful Work and Play

“Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them.”
― Assata Shakur, Assata: An Autobiography

“Dreams and reality are opposites. Action synthesizes them.”
― Assata Shakur, Assata: An Autobiography

“Only a fool lets somebody else tell him who his enemy is.”
― Assata Shakur, Assata: An Autobiography

“Constructive criticism and self-criticism are extremely important for any revolutionary organization. Without them, people tend to drown in their mistakes, not learn from them.”
― Assata Shakur, Assata: An Autobiography

“Any community seriously concerned with its own freedom has to be concerned about other peoples’ freedom as well.”
― Assata Shakur, Assata: An Autobiography