Building one space station for everyone was and is insane: we should have built a dozen.
One mark of a good officer, he remembered, was the ability to make quick decisions. If they happen to be right, so much the better.
We should not have assumed that a political space station could be built.
Everything starts as somebody's daydream.
The Unexpected always comes at the most awkward times.
In challenging a kzin, a simple scream of rage is sufficient. You scream and you leap.