I apologize if anyone sees this as "polluting" HN, but I thought they were interesting quotes, and might warrant some discussion from at least someone on here.

I apologize if anyone sees this as "polluting" HN, but I thought they were interesting quotes, and might warrant some discussion from at least someone on here. If people aren't interested, they probably won't upvote it, so I doubt you have much to worry about. Isn't that the point of the system in place here?