Space can be mapped and crossed and occupied without definable limit; but it can never be conquered. When our race has reached its ultimate achievements, and the stars themselves are scattered no more widely than the seed of Adam, even then we shall still be like ants crawling on the face of the Earth. The ants have covered the world, but have they conquered it — for what do their countless colonies know of it, or of each other? We have left the realm of comprehension in our vain effort to grasp the scale of the universe. -Arthur C. Clarke-

I have lived under threat of hurricane, wild fire, whiteout snowstorm, earthquake, mudslide, flooding, lava flow, typhoon, blizzard, ice storm, drought, violent volcanic eruption, tsunami and tornado. My observation is that people are most comfortable with the natural disaster with which they were raised. And hardly anybody thinks about massive meteorite strike. -Cutlass 43k-

Children are like elephants… I like to watch them but wouldn’t want to own one. -W.C. Fields-

I am not only a pacifist but a militant pacifist. I am willing to fight for peace. Nothing will end war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war. -Albert Einstein-

If your feet fall asleep and don’t wake up are they coma toes?

There’s one way to find out if a man is honest: ask him; if he says yes, you know he’s crooked. -Mark Twain-

I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice. -Abraham Lincoln-

Our enemies’ opinion of us comes closer to the truth than our own. -François La Rochefoucauld-

It is the lot of our generation to serve as military men first, and then, with an idealism undaunted to enlist with as much zeal to form a lasting peace. All will come right, our cause is just and righteous. This country will not lose. -ENS Nile Kinnick, USN-

Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler. -(attributed to Albert Einstein)-