Stephen Rhodes

“Nothing is deader than yesterday’s science-fiction—and Verne belongs to the day before yesterday.”
― Arthur C. Clarke, The Sands of Mars

“I would encourage everybody listening to involve themselves in public life and politics to some extent. You know, democracy doesn't just function by itself. It needs people to make it work. And so whether that means working in the polls, whether that means joining a party, whether that means running for a local office, whether that means helping somebody else run for local office, think of politics as something that you can be in and you can be part of and you can play a role in because that's actually what will determine the outcome.”
― Anne Applebaum

“All art is a kind of exorcism. This is what gives art its power to change the conditions of our life.”
― Jerry Saltz, Art is Life: Icons & Iconoclasts, Visionaries & Vigilantes, & Flashes of Hope in the Night

“The kids formerly ridiculed as nerds and brainiacs have grown up to become the architects of our future.”
― Steve Silberman, NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity