If it hadn't been for the Cold War, neither Russia nor America would have been sending people into space.

I'm looking forward to the peace of mind to just write... Songwriting is something that I just fell into. I never expected to love it. But I've always had to kind of treat it like a hobby. Now it's going to feel so good to know that I can just sit down and write.

Scott Clifton

The American Dream is that any man or woman, despite of his or her background, can change their circumstances and rise as high as they are willing to work.

Fabrizio Moreira

If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability.

Henry Ford

Science is not religion. We're not going to be able to answer the why questions. But when you put together all of what we know about the universe, it fits together amazingly well.

Lisa Randall

Never mind your happiness do your duty.

Peter Drucker

The world had teeth and it could bite you with them anytime it wanted.

Stephen King

Reason is the enemy of faith.

Martin Luther

No, it's not a very good story - its author was too busy listening to other voices to listen as closely as he should have to the one coming from inside.

Stephen King

In all chaos there is a cosmos, in all disorder a secret order.

Carl Gustav Jung

It is a long-cherished tradition among a certain type of military thinker that huge casualties are the main thing. If they are on the other side then this is a valuable bonus.

Terry Pratchett

In politics, you also have to be cautiously optimistic.

Aung San Suu Kyi

What makes you think that human beings are sentient and aware? There's no evidence for it. Human beings never think for themselves, they find it too uncomfortable. For the most part, members of our species simply repeat what they are told - and become upset if they are exposed to any different view. The characteristic human trait is not awareness but conformity, and the characteristic result is religious warfare. Other animals fight for territory or food; but, uniquely in the animal kingdom, human beings fight for their beliefs. The reason is that beliefs guide behavior, which has evolutionary importance among human beings. But at a time when our behavior may well lead us to extinction, I see no reason to assume we have any awareness at all. We are stubborn, self-destructive conformists. Any other view of our species is a self-congratulatory delusion.

Michael Crichton, The Lost World