Three quotes for a Thursday.

We are changing from an auto-centric society to a techno-centric society, and we haven’t figured out what that new world looks like when it comes to transportation.  We do know, however, that the new generation is multi-modal and wants multiple platforms to get around.

— James Aloisi, former MA secretary of transportation under governor Deval Patrick, talking with radio host Christopher Lydon last week. (quoted from memory.)

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.

— Abraham Lincoln

Everything in the world is about sex except sex. Sex is about power.

— Oscar Wilde