If you want data to survive, carve it in rock.

Boundaries have no existence save on charts or in small minds. Nature does not draw lines.

The term congressional hearing is an oxymoron. No congressional hearing is ever called to gather information. Rather, it is an exercise designed strictly for posturing, by people who have already made up their minds, looking for ammunition to support their positions.

The Peacekeepers had a tradition that every problem had a solution. It was a nice slogan. Wasn't true, but it sounded good.

How does it happen that the most intractable types always rise to the top?

Truth, beaten down, may well rise again. But there's a reason it gets beaten down. Usually, we don't like it very much.

All of the important things ... will turn out to be universally shared. It's why there will be no true aliens.