Any sufficiently badly-written science is indistinguishable from magic.

No one pays me to be nice.

The analysis of the thing is not the thing itself.

That was interesting." "He deliberately countermanded one of my orders." "He was furtive." "Sneaky, even." "We'll make a Rebellion-style pilot of him yet." Tycho & Wedge (about Jag)

I have to say, this sounds like the worst idea in a thousand generations of bad ideas." "You haven't heard all our ideas." Luke & Bhindi Drayson

No, General. I'm not your subordinate. And what I'm coming dangerously close to is violence. -General Wedge Antilles

Feminism is sort of like God. Many people profess to believe in it, but no one seems to be able to define it to everyone's satisfaction.