85 Quotes by John Perry Barlow

I’m still strongly opposed to antismoking laws, strongly opposed to any law that regulates personal behavior.

The more you’ve got, the shorter it feels.

I may be going to hell in a bucket Babe, at least I’m enjoying the ride.

Art is a service, not a product. Created beauty is a relationship, and a relationship with the Holy at that. Reducing such work to ‘content’ is like praying in swear words. End of Sermon. Back to business.

One can imagine the government’s problem. This is all pretty magical stuff to them. If I were trying to terminate the operations of a witch coven, I’d probably seize everything in sight. How would I tell the ordinary household brooms from the getaway vehicles?

I personally think intellectual property is an oxymoron. Physical objects have a completely different natural economy than intellectual goods. It’s a tricky thing to try to own something that remains in your possession even after you give it to many others.

But generally speaking, I felt to engage in the political process was to sully oneself to such a degree that whatever came out wasn’t worth the trouble put in.

Our universities are so determined to impose tolerance that they’ll expel you for saying what you think and never notice the irony.

So I’m just waiting until one party or the other actually gets a moral compass and a backbone.