“Having the critics praise you is like having the hangman say you’ve got a pretty neck”

“There are seven and a half billion people on this earth - somebody's got to get sucked into a vortex.”

“Great persons, like great empires, leave their mark on history.”

“The real reason we have faces," Margot Lassiter observes, "is to hold back what we're thinking from the world.”

“A blind Justice is merely an impartial Justice. True Justice would have eyes in the back of her head and a pair of mismatched shoes.”

“1973 Fair Information Practices:- You should know who has your personal data, what data they have, and how it is used.- You should be able to prevent information collected about you for one purpose from being used for others.- You should be able to correct inaccurate information about you.- Your data should be secure...while it's illegal to use Brad Pitt's image to sell a watch without his permission, Facebook is free to use your name to sell one to your friends.”

“Then, as now, archaelogists and writers ventured where others feared to tread.”