“People do many things for many reasons. Sometimes, what you do you have no control over, because it's predestined. It's gonna happen in spite of you. There's nothing you can do about it.” PeopleSometimesReasonHappensCan DoSpitePredestined Author:Paul Mooney
“I don't do drugs. Because my grandmother raised me. I think like an old, black, Southern woman. If I'd have done coke, I'd probably be cooking pancakes.” IfsThinkingDoneBlackDrugCookingRaisedGrandmotherSouthernMy GrandmotherCokePancakesSouthern Women Author:Paul Mooney
“A goat's a goat. Whether you sauté or barbeque it, it's still a goat.” StillsGoats Author:Paul Mooney
“You can't pick when you're touched. You can't pick the time. It just is. It's the reality. What it is, is. I can't change the past. I can only deal with the present and the future.” I CanRealityPastDealsPicksTouchedCan't ChangeCan't Change The Past Author:Paul Mooney
“People in America worship money, and a white man's face on a green piece of paper does not make me wealthy. My health makes me wealthy. I used to work at a hospital, so I know the real deal.” PeopleKnowsMenDoeRealAmericaFacesUsedWhiteDealsPiecesPaperWorshipGreenWealthyHospitalsWhite Man Author:Paul Mooney
“We don't legislate emergent technologies into existence. We almost never do. They just emerge, dragged forth by Adam Smith's invisible hand. Then we have to see what people are actually going to do with them, and try to legislate to take account of that.” PeopleTryingHandsExistenceTechnologyAccountsInvisibleAdamInvisible Hand Author:William Gibson
“The nature of emergent technology is, as Kevin Kelly once said, right out of control. It's an element of human evolution that's completely out of control. It's sort of driving itself, and I don't see it ceasing to do that.” HumansSaidTechnologyEvolutionElementsDrivingKevinHuman Evolution Author:William Gibson
“I've always been interested in people who aren't from anywhere in particular. I think it's all melting. This has been true for as long as I can remember in my adult life.” PeopleThinkingLongHas BeensI CanRememberParticularAdultsMelting Author:William Gibson
“I think first and foremost everybody should understand that Canadians are strongly committed to the system of universal health insurance, to the principle that your ability to pay does not determine your access to critical medical service.” ThinkingShouldFirstsDoeAbilityPayPrinciplesUniversalDetermineCommittedCriticalAccessMedical Author:Stephen Harper
“If I meet someone and discover that they're an absolute, very earnest nationalist, it's unlikely that I'm going to get much closer to them. I don't understand them. It doesn't matter where they're from, I just don't get it. I'm a multi-national kind of guy.” IfsKindMatterGuyAbsolutesEarnestUnlikely Author:William Gibson