If the technocratic class often invokes technology, it is because these inanimate objects can take on a trajectory of their own and so cover for the manager's inability to give leadership.

Ten geographers who think the world is flat will tend to reinforce each other's errors ... Only a sailor can set them straight.

Whenever governments adopt a moral tone - as opposed to an ethical one - you know something is wrong.

The void in our society has been produced by the absence of values... we have no widespread belief in the value of participation. The rational system has made us fear standing out in any serious way.

The recession is over." This phrase has been used twice a year since 1973 by government leaders throughout the West. Its meaning is unclear. See: Depression.

Pessimism: A valuable protection against quackery.

Democracy is the only system capable of reflecting the humanist premise of equilibrium or balance. The key to its secret is the involvement of the citizen.

People cannot do what they cannot think, and they cannot think what they cannot say.

If economists were doctors, they would today be mired in malpractice suits.

Which is ideology? Which not? You shall know them by their assertion of truth, their contempt for considered reflection, and their fear of debate.

If allowed to run free of the social system, capitalism will attempt to corrupt and undermine democracy, which is after all not a natural state.

Love is more than love, it is the ultimate passion and power.

This is desire, daughter, the endless piercing that informs the universe throughout eternity,

Can you imagine a world without men? No crime and lots of happy fat women.

People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up.

I still stay in touch with Elinor Donahue. I've known Elinor since she was 14-years-old.

Have I done the world good, or have I added a menace?

It's not so hard to become the best painter in Canada... The rest just quits!

I have married thriteen couples. I'm about to do a marriage next month.

After realising my natural affinity towards surrealism several years ago I decided to study it's origins and definitions.

O, speak again, bright angel! for thou art As glorious to this night, being o'er my head As is a winged messenger of heaven