„Communism doesn't work because people like to own stuff.“

„The blogosphere is a community that might produce a work. Whereas a wiki is a work that might produce a community. It’s all just people communicating.“

—  Ward Cunningham American computer programmer who developed the first wiki 1949

Crucible of Creativity (2005)

„To me, fashion is like a mirror… It's a reflection of the times. And if it doesn't reflect the times, it's not fashion. Because people aren't gonna be wearing it.“

—  Anna Sui American fashion designer 1964

CBS News Interview (March 8, 2009)

„Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.“

—  Thomas Edison American inventor and businessman 1847 - 1931

As quoted in An Enemy Called Average (1990) by John L. Mason, p. 55.
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„Have you ever wondered why Republicans are so interested in encouraging people to volunteer in their communities? It’s because volunteers work for no pay. Republicans have been trying to get people to work for no pay for a long time.“

—  George Carlin American stand-up comedian 1937 - 2008

„Communism is like prohibition, it's a good idea but it won't work.“

—  Will Rogers American humorist and entertainer 1879 - 1935

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„I mean Hank, the movie was great, but the thirty minutes before the movie started was what I love about being a nerd. Because nerds like us are allowed to be unironically enthusiastic about stuff. We don't have to be like, 'Oh yeah that purse is okay' or like, 'Yeah, I like that band's early stuff.' Nerds are allowed to love stuff, like jump-up-and-down-in-the-chair-can't-control-yourself-love it. Hank, when people call people nerds, mostly what they are saying is, 'You like stuff', which is just not a good insult at all, like 'You are too enthusiastic about the miracle of human consciousness'.“

—  John Green American author and vlogger 1977

Harry Potter Nerds Win at Life http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMweXVWB918
YouTube

„The actual stuff my family owned, those boxes under my stairs, I can't quite bear to look at. I like other people's things better. They come with other people's history.“

—  Gillian Flynn, kniha Dark Places

Zdroj: Dark Places

„I'd like to be remembered as a guy who tried — tried to be part of his times, tried to help people communicate with one another, tried to find some decency in his own life, tried to extend himself as a human being. Someone who isn't complacent, who doesn't cop out.“

—  Paul Newman American actor and film director 1925 - 2008

Quoted in The Films of Paul Newman (1971) by Lawrence J. Quirk (Citadel Press), ISBN 0-806-50385-8), p. 36

„Relationships evolve, just like people do. Just because you know someone doesn't mean you know everything about them.“

—  Sarah Dessen American writer 1970

Zdroj: Saint Anything

„Until the world perceives that “good” cannot be applied to a thing because it is our own, and “bad” because it is another’s, there is no prospect of realizing community.“

—  Richard M. Weaver American scholar 1910 - 1963

“The Power of the Word,” p. 54.
Language is Sermonic (1970)

„Well, I hate to admit it, but it is possible that there is (one) such a thing as telepathy and (two) that the CETI project's idea that we might communicate with extraterrestrial beings via telepathy is possibly a reasonable idea--if telepathy exists and if ETIs exist. Otherwise we are trying to communicate with someone who doesn't exist with a system which doesn't work.“

—  Philip K. Dick, kniha The Dark Haired Girl

The Dark Haired Girl, (1989)

„The best people renounce all for one goal, the eternal fame of mortals; but most people stuff themselves like cattle.“

—  Heraclitus pre-Socratic Greek philosopher -535

„Writing gives you the illusion of control, and then you realize it's just an illusion, that people are going to bring their own stuff into it.“

—  David Sedaris American author 1956

„The past doesn't matter. People cling to it because it allows them to ignore the present.“

—  James Frey, kniha The Final Testament of the Holy Bible

Zdroj: The Final Testament of the Holy Bible

„I make all this stuff in the studio, but I also work on these white elephants — like House or Untitled Monument — things that are incredibly ambitious, take an awful long time to do, involve a lot of controversy, an awful lot of people, and don't make any money particularly, but it's just because I need to make them.“

—  Rachel Whiteread British sculptor 1963

As quoted in "Some day my plinth will come" by Lynn Barber in The Guardian (27 May 2001) http://observer.guardian.co.uk/life/story/0,6903,497037,00.html

„You sit around and you go, “Oh, I hope people like me, and I hope they friend me, and I hope they do all this superficial stuff that doesn't cost anything.” But what you really want is to not suck enough that people that you really admire wouldn't mind doing something with you.“

—  Merlin Mann American blogger 1966

“Back to Work” podcast, Episode 1 (at 5:58) http://5by5.tv/b2w/1
Podcasts, 5by5 Studios podcasts

„People with golden hearts would make capitalism or communism or socialism work beautifully.“

—  Anthony de Mello Indian writer 1931 - 1987

"The Death of Me", p. 151
Awareness (1992)
Kontext: A Jesuit once wrote a note to Father Arrupe, his superior general, asking him about the relative value of communism, socialism and capitalism. Father Arrupe gave him a lovely reply. He said, "A system is about as good or as bad as the people who use it." People with golden hearts would make capitalism or communism or socialism work beautifully.

„A busy buzzing bee is a lot like me, it works and it lives in community.“

—  Dawud Wharnsby Canadian musician 1972

"A Busy Buzzing Bee"
A Picnic of Poems in Allah's Green Garden (2011)

„It was very important for me to move back to Kingsville because my work is all about the land and the terrain and the cactus and the myths and legends and people. Especially the people, the Mexican community.“

—  Santa Barraza 1951