Most people don't believe something can happen until it already has. That's not stupidity or weakness, that's just human nature.

Fear is the most basic emotion we have. Fear is primal. Fear sells.

You assume things, like whatever country has more firepower wins the wars, and that's actually not true at all.

Americans worship technology. It's an inherent trait in the national zeitgeist.

Remember; no matter how desperate the situation seems, time spent thinking clearly is never time wasted.

You can't blame anyone else... You have to make your own choices and live every agonizing day with the consequences of those choices. He knew this. That's why he deserted us like we deserted those civilians. He saw the road ahead, a steep, treacherous mountain road. We'd all have to hike that road, each of us dragging the boulder of what we'd done behind us. He couldn't do it. He couldn't shoulder the weight." - Philip Adler

I remember I used to come up to my teacher crying because I couldn't read. She would say: 'You can do this. You just don't want to do this.