Quotes by Richard Powers

“I dont mind arguing with myself. Its when I lose that it bothers me.”

“I think things will be back to normal very soon, ... Lets face it. The content that they put out is very good, very popular. I think people are just glad that theyre back.”

“I will say this. I have researched Florida law and not found anything that would prevent the enforcement of those covenants.”

“The obvious one is compensation,”

“We love to help people.”

“We have done 142 since 1987.”

“Early detection enables persons to benefit most from available medications that can help slow the progress of symptoms, and psychological and social interventions that can ease the journey for families. And it enables individuals to exercise self-determination related to future care, and legal and financial issues.”

“I think this is really an effort by Nortel to sort of sweep the decks (and) move forward.”

“Their largest market is the States, so you would think theyd have one American director. Obviously, theyve done pretty well there. But in terms of compliance issues, case law, in the end its a bunch of Canadians sitting around making those decisions.”

I dont know any sad songs. Except for the funny ones.

We will not sleep, but will all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye. Youll see me again. But youll never know when. Hear that shifting, ambiguous rhythm, that promise of all things possible, and the ear is on its way to being free.

The world is vicious, too huge to care about even its own survival

Our father knew more than any living person about the secret of time, except how to live in it. His time did not travel; it was a block of persisting nows.

The job of taste was to thin the insane torrent of human creativity down to manageable levels. But the job of appetite was never to be happy with taste.

Music forecasts the past, recalls the future. Now and then the difference falls away, and in one simple gift of circling sound, the ear solves the scrambled cryptogram. One abiding rhythm, present and always, and you’re free.

Sooner or later, all men will do and know all things.

She saw how the mind makes forever, in order to store the things it had already lost.

Information may travel at light speed, but meaning spreads at the speed of dark.

The thing about music was that you never knew the shape of anyone’s desire.

Silence: the motor drive of nothingness underneath all rhythm - threatened to last forever, a spell of sleep cast over the entire kingdom of listeners.