The basic principle [of hermetic drift semiotics] is not only that the similar can be known through the similar but also that from similarity to similarity everything can be connected with everything else, so that everything can be in turn either the expression or the content of any other thing. Umberto Eco
I like the idea of isolation, I like the idea of solitude. You can be connected and have a phone and still be lonely. Paul Theroux
Communism and socialism can be connected to a single major author-Marx-and assessed as deviations from, and implementations or negations of, Marx. Democracy is not amenable to a similar treatment; the towering, single major author on democracy does not exist. Giovanni Sartori
If you want to be an actor and you love acting, you can do it whether you're doing something else or not. You can be connected with community theater or make your own little movies. But if you want to be a movie star, you've got a tough road ahead of you. Alan Arkin