Status Updates From Ex Machina, Book One

""One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors." -Plato"

"RISK IS WHAT MARRIAGE IS ALL ABOUT, SIR."

"THE FIRST RULE OF BEING A GOOD ENGINEER IS THAT IT'S NOT ABOUT THE STUFF YOU BUILD, IT'S ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO USE IT."

""I MOVED ON. I GREW UP. "WHEN I BECAME A MAN. I PUT AWAY CHILDISH THINGS." THERE'S A GODDAMN BIBLE QUOTE FOR YOU.""

"THROUGH ALL THE HORROR, JUST KEEP SMILING..."

"THIS ISN'T ABOUT OUT DOING WHAT'S POPULAR, DAVE, IT'S ABOUT DOING WHAT'S RIGHT."

"THIS WOULD BE A TEMPORARY PATCH WHILE WE TRY TO FIX A BROKEN SYSTEM, DAVE. IT'S LIKE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION. SOMETIMES, WE HAVE TO ACCEPT NECESSARY EVILS WHILE WE'RE ADDRESSING LARGER PROBLEMS OF INEQUALITY."

"'EVERYTHING GOOD IN NEW YORK USED TO BE SOMETHING AWFUL GUESS.'
'AND EVERYTHING AWFUL USED TO BE SOMETHING GOOD.'"