I propose that both [the proliferation of handguns and of abortions] are
signs of a self-indulgence that is replacing both capitalism and democracy
as the nation's true ideology.
                              --- Stephen L. Carter, "The Emperor of Ocean Park"

  Those that have so much power over others as to be able to oppress them 
    have seldom so much power over themselves as not to oppress.
                                                       -- Matthew Henry

      If you can't give something away, 
      you don't own it, it owns you.
                 -Pastor Steve Barr

  Frames-per-second in Quake has an exponential effect on the price of the processor.
  It's sad.
              -- Fred Weber, AMD K7 colloquium at MIT

  Everybody patting himself of the back because the Reds went in the dumper
  is going to be wondering who won when Coca-Cola applies for a seat in the UN.
                                               --Scott Turow, "Pleading Guilty"

  Since Microsoft makes most of its profits on upgrades,
  the real product it is selling isn't hardware or software
  but information anxiety.
                --David Shenk, "Data Smog" in Tech Review