"You can’t write novels without a touch of paranoia. I’m paranoid as an act of good citizenship, concerned about what the powerful people are up to."
- Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
"They only let us live in millions for the sake of the economy. I don't know what will happen by the time they figure out how to run the economy without the people"
- Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Veblen called it the price-system. Mills called it the Power Elite. It's probably no more than ninety-nine people who don't know what they are doing. They're involved in high finance. Fascinating form..."
- John Cage
"Turn thy crown upside down! You need to feel how it is to kneel as those less fortunate than your noble deal."
- Stanley Victor Paskavich