“The ultimate promise of technology is to make us master of a world that we command by the push of a button.”

“The most recent past seems to be the most uncertain, and it is handed down to us only in the form of rumors. It would take a historian of everyday life to unearth what happened yesterday.”

“They [Otaku] despise physical contact and love media, technical communication, and the realm of reproduction and simulation in general. They are enthusiastic collectors and manipulators of useless artifacts and information. They are an underground, but they are not opposed to the system. They change, manipulate, and subvert ready-made products, but at the same time they are the apotheosis of consumerism and an ideal workforce for contemporary Japanese capitalism. They are the children of the media.”

“When the real and the imaginary become indistinguishable the real becomes a fetish.”

“Chancellor Gerhard Schröder has several times made statements to the effect that we Europeans should not cultivate a superficial anti-Americanism. But mine isn't superficial at all.Personally I have nothing against the US itself - it's a beautiful country - it's the people who live there that are the problem.I guess you could say it's the same thing with Bavaria.”

“هذا هو سر الجاز:نغمة 'الباص' تنفلت من الأوركسترا المحنطة.الطبول تقرع رؤوس الأغنيات الغبية.البيانو يشرّح جثة الطاعة.الساكسوفون يكسر قيود النوتة الموسيقية:تزلزلي أيتها المفاصل: فنحن نعزف مقطوعة جديدة..”

“Human rights that do not apply to everyone are not human rights at all.”