The value of a thing is what that thing will bring. -Legal Maxim

There is no cause so good or noble that it will not attract fuggheads; and the fuggheads will get all the press.

Anything that can go wrong, will

Spray a book with insect spray, drop it in a bag, add some mothballs and seal it. Put it in another bag and seal it. Another. The packages piled up on the floor, each a book sealed in four plastic envelopes.

The dinosaurs became extinct because they didn't have a space program.

Bruce Sterling is one terrific writer and he's relatively new, but I don't know how long he's been doing it; he probably doesn't need the publicity anymore!

Psi and/or magical powers, if real, are nearly useless.