鈥淣apster has the James Dean effect: it died young, it died beautiful, and people remember it fondly.鈥�
Mark Mulligan, senior analyst with Jupiter Research, waxing lyrical over the good old days of music swapping for free over the internet (IDG News Service, London, 8 October)
鈥淭hey tried to lie to people and they tried to force [GM food] upon people鈥� It was to solve starvation amongst shareholders, not the developing world.鈥�
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European environment commissioner Margot Wallstr枚m commenting on the marketing tactics of America鈥檚 pro-GM agribusinesses (The Independent, London, 14 October)
鈥淣one of this is too touchy-feely for me.鈥�
Head of NASA鈥檚 shuttle programme Bill Parsons on creating an inclusive environment in which space flight engineers are not afraid to inform their superiors about potential dangers (Associated Press, 13 October)
鈥淭he sperm from marijuana smokers were moving too fast too early鈥he timing was all wrong. These sperm will experience burnout before they reach the egg.鈥�
Lani J. Burkman of the University of Buffalo in New York state on marijuana smokers鈥� fertility problems (UB News Service, 13 October)
鈥淚 didn鈥檛 feel any cutting, but I felt tremendous pulling. It takes a lot of torque to get an eye out.鈥�
Patient advocate Carol Weihrer, who awoke during eye-removal surgery, commenting on the news that 100 people per day wake under the knife in US hospitals. She argues for the use of 鈥渨akefulness monitors鈥� in operating theatres (USA Today, 12 October)