Michael Quinn Quotations

We believe that by restoring the house, Madison will no longer be an overlooked founding father. He is the genius who is responsible for the success for our nation's Constitution. He was the principle creative genius for this.

Three terms are up and Gary and Greg won?t be running so I thought it made sense to stay on. It?s been a great experience and I have enjoyed it.

There are times where you have an unconscious (person), and we don't know if it's stroke-related, if it's cardiac-related or if it's any medical condition, ... It's hard to figure out what the prognosis is.

Because of the situation that we are in, everything we've done in the past several years will be called into question. We have to look at what we are trying to do here.

Humans have always had a complex relationship with technology. Automobiles, for instance, changed the nature of life in America, where we live, how we work, what we can do with our leisure time. But they have also brought us traffic jams and contributed to global warming. The impact of information technology may be equally profound, and these are things we need to think about and study.

I went to a Jesuit school as an undergraduate, and that helped me gain a deep appreciation for philosophy. The general mentality of most engineers is that if we can invent something, we should. It's not that simple. At Heathrow airport they are debating the use of new X-ray technology that electronically disrobes a person and shows their naked image. Government power is something that's easy to abuse, and many people are raising questions about invasion of privacy.

We need a lot more education for our dollar long before we start talking about giving these people more money,

The problem is, when we need it, we need it now.

We're not trying to tell students what they should think or what the right answers are, because many of these topics are very complex, they change rapidly and do not offer easy solutions. But we do hope people who take courses such as this will grow a little, mature their judgments and reflect more carefully on some important issues.

What's happening to energy stocks is probably not surprising given the run they've had over the last several weeks.

I share the frustrations of everyone who was laid off. It was the last thing we wanted to do, but the money isn't there yet.

Our alternatives are limited, but it is one we have considered.

Some people date the first debates about information technology and ethics to the 1950s, but the field really exploded in the 1990s.

Any specific questions as to the pending litigation we probably won't be able to answer.

This is the only place that is associated with James Madison. There is no other memorial to James Madison on the capitol mall.

It's just been a matter of finding where the pieces went, like putting a puzzle together.

The baseball team is all about making an environmental stand. That's why it is so important to reuse cardboard.

It?s inaccurate to say the staff is growing while the population is remaining the same.

It's worth the time and money it takes if you are totally committed to the work you're doing.

The issues involved are sufficiently important that courses are now moving out of the philosophy departments and into mainstream computer science. And they affect everyone. Many of the students attracted to these courses are not technology majors, and many of the topics we discuss relate to ethical challenges that transcend the computer world.

In the hospitality industry, you are surrounded by alcohol all the time, ... There is the social aspect to it ? the winding down after a service, working irregular hours, working under high pressure ? and the culture of drinking is enormous in the UK, with an explosion of binge drinking and of young women drinking.

He's an exemplary figure for all Americans. He's mentioned often at school.