Uncertainty is wondrous, and.. certainty, were it to be real, would be moral death.

Historical capitalism is a materialist civilization.

The language of intrinsic human rights represented a significant advance beyond the previous language of world religions in terms of its universal applicability and its thiswordliness.

The world system is coming to the structural crisis

When systems come to be far from points of equilibrium, they reach bifurcation points, wherein multiple, as opposed to unique, solutions, to instability become possible.

This argument has been codified in the twentieth century as meritocracy, in which those on top in the process of capitalist accumulation have merited their position.

Capitalism is first and foremost a historical social system.

The primary ideology that operated to create, socialize, and reproduce them was not the ideology of racism. It was that of universalism.

People resist exploitation. They resist as actively as they can, as passively as they must.

That is why we may say that the historical development of capitalism has involved the thrust towards the commodification of everything.

The real threat to U.S. military power is nuclear proliferation, because if every little country has nuclear weapons it becomes very tricky for the United States to engage in military action.

Until we will be able to shape the universe the way we wanted, mankind will not be taken seriously by the universe and he shall remain as insignificant ants of the universe!

Nuts, arms, stomachs -- they never hurt. All hurt is brain hurt.

To paint is a possessing rather than a picturing.

And if you see me, smile and maybe give me a hug. That's important to me too.

God's hand never slips. He never makes a mistake. His every move is for our own good and for our ultimate good.

I felt like on one hand the clarity of thought was amazing, but on the other we went during Antarctic summer, so the sun didn't set the whole time we were there.

Doing something a long time does not mean you're good. It only means you've done it a long time.

When I was a child, I used to cry all the time.

Every budding dictatorship begins by muzzling the artists, because they're a mouthy lot and they don't line up and salute very easily.

Texas created more jobs in 2008 than the rest of the states - combined.