#arch

Highly organized research is guaranteed to produce nothing new. ↗

— Frank Herbert

#science #science

The element of chance in basic research is overrated. Chance is a lady who smiles only upon those few who know how to make her smile. ↗

— Hans Selye

#science #science

We are the only species on the planet, so far as we know, to have invented a communal memory stored neither in our genes nor in our brains. The warehouse of this memory is called the library ↗

— Carl Sagan

#communal-memory #humanity #humanity-and-society #humans #libraries

If I'd wanted you dead five minutes ago, you'd have died five minutes ago. ↗

— Becca Fitzpatrick

#archangel #becca-fitzpatrick #fallen-angel #hush-hush #patch

I believe that in time we will have reached the point where we will deserve to be free of government. ↗

— Jorge Luis Borges

#government #anarchism

One must commit acts of the highest treason only when dressed in the most resplendent finery. ↗

— Grant Morrison

#dandyism #fashion #anarchism

There has always been, and there is now, a profound conflict of interest between the people and the government of the United States. ↗

— Howard Zinn

#government #oligarchy #plutocracy #democracy

Authority, when first detecting chaos at its heels, will entertain the vilest schemes to save its orderly facade. ↗

— Alan Moore

#authority #authority

An anarchist is someone who doesn't need a cop to make him behave. ↗

— Ammon Hennacy

#anarchists #anarchism

A prison becomes a home when you have the key. ↗

— George Sterling

#conformity #philosophy #prison