In an infinite Universe anything can happen.

Nothing travels faster than the speed of light, with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own special laws.

To summarize the summary of the summary: people are a problem.

For a moment he felt good about this. A moment or two later he felt bad about feeling good about it. Then he felt good about feeling bad about feeling good about it and satisfied, drove on into the night.

For millions of years, on average, one species became extinct every century.... We are now heaving more than a thousand different species of animals and plants off the planet every year.

Earthmen are not proud of their ancestors and never invite them round to dinner.

In the stillness, a fly would not have dared clear it's throat.