The morality of an act is a function of the state of the system at the time it is performed.

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.

Culture should be a business ‘app, ’ everyone can apply it daily.

Without a response, I just stand there like an idiot. Like she just slapped my brain out of my skull and I can’t think.

My eyes are green, Cause I eat a lot of vegetables, It don't have nothing to do with your new friend

My happiness is being able to present my talents for people to see, and I feel like I'm an ambassador of Thai history and Thai culture on film so that people can see Muay Thai.

There is not a soul who does not have to beg alms of another, either a smile, a handshake, or a fond eye.

Every day we encounter situations where we have to make a stand. Looking back, I could have not hand-picked a better song to be my first single.

On stage, the audience watches from a fixed viewpoint and the director cannot retake something he doesn't like. It has to work straight through.

Growing up as a comedian, the first thing you dream of is having your own album, but even more than that, I always wanted that hour special on cable.

When I was in elementary school, the coach of our school (soccer) team personally unearthed my talents.

My husband is not running for the presidency, neither are my children, neither is our business, neither are our foster children.