“Happiness is a myth. It was invented to make us buy new things.”

“Better the myth of happiness, than the myth of despair.”

“It really is worth the trouble to invent a new symbol if we can thus remove not a few logical difficulties and ensure the rigour of the proofs. But many mathematicians seem to have so little feeling for logical purity and accuracy that they will use a word to mean three or four different things, sooner than make the frightful decision to invent a new word.”

“Parents were invented to make children happy by giving them something to ignore.”

“Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attractiveness of others.”

“Stumbling upon the next great invention in an; ah-ha! moment is a myth.”

“We'll buy a lot of clothes when we don't really need 'em/Things we buy to cover up what's inside/Cause they make us hate our-self and love they wealth.”

“Changing and inventing new things is great. That's what we like to do.”

“The art and culture that is New York, communications, finance, all these things help make up New York. The rest of the country should be happy that we are what we are.”

“Let us ask the Gods not for possessions, but for things to do; happiness is in making things rather than consuming them.”