"Previously, [the Patent Office] helped the football team by giving them a monopoly on the word and promising to go after others who violated that monopoly. It won't any longer. Nonetheless, commentators continue to describe the situation in exactly the opposite way."

"Placating these men is a rational choice, a form of self-defense to protect against setting off an aggressor. But to male bystanders, it often looks like a warm welcome."

"'The kid chose jail,' Glassberg says. 'How can I compete with that?'"

"It’s not enough to run and hide when the police approach. A man intent on staying out of jail cannot call the police when harmed, or make use of the courts to settle disputes."

"In order to save mid-sized farms for the sake of the food movement and the people who own them, we’ll need to learn how talk to each other first."

"'Now listen, son,' Tony started, stopping periodically to catch his breath, as he was laughing too hard. 'You're bringing down the team here, with that earring.'"