Yerzhan

“И да будет ведо­мо тем, у кого в обы­чае вос­тор­гать­ся недоз­во­лен­ной дер­зо­стью по отно­ше­нию к наде­лен­ным вер­хов­ною вла­стью, что и при дур­ных прин­цеп­сах могут суще­ст­во­вать выдаю­щи­е­ся мужи и что послу­ша­ние и скром­ность, если они соче­та­ют­ся с трудо­лю­би­ем и энер­ги­ей, достой­ны не мень­шей сла­вы, чем та, кото­рую мно­гие снис­ка­ли реши­тель­но­стью сво­его поведе­ния и сво­ею впе­чат­ля­ю­щей, но бес­по­лез­ной для государ­ства смер­тью.”
― Tacitus

“If you ignored all other economic and community benefits of bicycling, the factor of health alone is more than enough reason to invest hundreds of times as much as we currently do into retrofitting our entire country to be a bicycling paradise.”
― Elly Blue, Bikenomics: How Bicycling Can Save The Economy

“The primary causes of unhappiness? Having a bad commute. If you have a job, the drive there is the most stressful thing you’ll do on any given day. And people with particularly long car commutes are more likely to be depressed, have a mental health breakdown, and even get divorced.”
― Elly Blue, Biketopia: Feminist Bicycle Science Fiction Stories in Extreme Futures

“The best scenario of all when it comes to air pollution has nothing to do with tailpipe filters or hybrid, electric, or zero emissions car technology. The way to reduce pollution is to reduce driving, plain and simple.”
― Elly Blue, Bikenomics: How Bicycling Can Save The Economy