Without risk in our lives, we're scarcely better than machines ourselves.

I think I've reduced the amount of blood in my caffeine system to an acceptable level.

Looking at where the planet is now, we could screw things up massively or we could wise-up on a species level and actually make things better. If I had to put my money where my mouth is, I think we'll wise up globally but there will still be outbreaks of local stupidity.

It's an ancient technique known as lying, Khouri.

You worry that we're becoming monsters. Merlin, we already were monsters. You didn't make us any worse.

As the old saying went, the Manhattan Project wasn't built in a day. Or was that Rome? Something to do with Earth, anyway.

Victory loses its meaning without the memory of what you've vanquished.