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

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

The real problem has to do with the inability by people to admit that a position they've held a long time might be wrong. That's all. Not that it is. Just that it might be. I don't know why it is, but we tend to fall in love with things we believe, Threaten them, and you threaten us.

Idiots are not responsible for what they do. The real guilt falls on rational people who sit on their hands while morons run wild. You can opt out if you want to. Play it safe. But if you do, don't complain when the roof comes down.

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

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

Universal deities ... never seem to smile. Not in any culture. What's the point of having omnipotence if you don't enjoy it?