In an approximate way, the logic of commons has been understood for a long time, perhaps since the discovery of agriculture or the invention of private property in real estate.

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.

Love is the gateway to cosmic energy and wisdom.

Congress is furious at the Secret Service for consorting with hookers, which has traditionally been Congress's role.

Don't say Aretha is making a comeback, because I've never been away!

I've been vegetarian for so long now that I don't remember anything different, so it's easy for me to put meals together and make sure my family is eating healthy, too.

Ask God and the angels to help you to meet people who will treat you with respect and love.

My only goal is to look back at the end of each year and see that I have improved.

If character is destiny, the good are damned.

Machines certainly can solve problems, store information, correlate, and play games - but not with pleasure.

It's our landscape which defines our identity and it's what I'm most grateful for.

When you have a problem, the first thing to do in addressing it is to honestly identify it.