Quakecon Quotes & Sayings

Belonging to the working class is the economy's punishment for those who did what they were told to do in class. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana

But this raises the question of what happens when the mosaic of faith shatters into a thousand, a million jagged pieces. When the quest for common good devolves into bespoke kindness designed to advance a particular cause for a particular person. Or when citizens forsake all the news that's fit to print for only the news they want to hear. All of these amount to a challenge to efforts at collective action. And from climate change to rising inequality, the enormous challenges that we face demand collective action and a new shared way of thinking about the accretion and use of power. — Moises Naim

Wouldn't it be better to have a watertight law designed to catch the guilty, rather than a press release law designed to catch the headlines? — William Hague

The man who seeks revenge digs two graves. — Ken Kesey

I really think, if anything, there is more evidence to show that the violent games reduce aggression and violence. There have actually been some studies about that, that it's cathartic. If you go to QuakeCon and you walk by and you see the people there [and compare that to] a random cross section of a college campus, you're probably going to find a more peaceful crowd of people at the gaming convention. I think it's at worst neutral and potentially positive. — John Carmack

Meditation transports one from the transient world of matter to the real world of dreamings, visions, and imaginings where idea is and concepts are born. — Walter Russell

This is heaven my child. — Santosh Kalwar

It is not true that love makes all things easy, it makes us chose things that are difficult. — George Eliot

Individuals who attempt to please and individuals who become angry both have authority issues. — Gary Zukav