Continuity is at the heart of conservatism: ecology serves that heart.

But it is no good using the tongs of reason to pull the Fundamentalists' chestnuts out of the fire of contradiction. Their real troubles lie elsewhere.

You cannot do only one thing.

(Technology reliability) x (Human reliability) = (System reliability)

No one should be able to enter a wilderness by mechanical means.

In a competitive world of limited resources, total freedom of individual action is intolerable

People are the quintessential element in all technology... Once we recognize the inescapable human nexus of all technology our attitude toward the reliability problem is fundamentally changed.

Ruin is the destination toward which all men rush, each pursuing his own best interest in a society that believes in the freedom of the commons.

Why are ecologists and environmentalists so feared and hated? This is because in part what they have to say is new to the general public, and the new is always alarming.

Freedom in a commons brings ruin to all.

The only thing we can really count on in this uncertain world is human unreliability itself.

I go to seek a Great Perhaps.

I’ve only been to jail a few times, but in several different countries, at that. No, I've only been to jail a few times. But I still claim the ability to write a "serious" novel.

I read a lot when I'm away. I love courtroom dramas and I'm always looking for new authors.

My parents just always taught me to be reasonable.

Wow, I wonder what it'd be like to have a difficult life?

Conservatives are much more comfortable supporting the leader who's in power than liberals.

I'm not here to change the music world, but I'm definitely here to show what I can do and express myself through my music.

I do not think you should read about writing while you are writing.

For what is a man, what has he got? If not himself, then he has naught. To say the things he truly feels, and not the words of one who kneels.

When we help ourselves, we find moments of happiness. When we help others, we find lasting fulfillment.