Are you aware that rushing toward a goal is a sublimated death wish? It's no coincidence we call them 'deadlines.'

The most useful thing about art is it's uselessness.

To some extent, Seattle remains a frontier metropolis, a place where people can experiment with their lives, and change and grow and make things happen.

There're many ways, my dear, to victimize people. The most insidious way is to persuade them that they're victims.

Meet me in Cognito, baby. In Cognito, we'll have nothing to hide.

I'll bet I'm as old as you are." "I'm older than Sanskrit." "Well, I was waitress at the Last Supper." "I'm so old I remember when McDonald's had only sold a hundred burgers." "You win.

The new wrinkle is that escalating advances in technology are nourishing the narcissistic ego the way chicken manure nourishes a rose bush, while exploding worldwide population is allowing its effects to multiply geometrically.