How you humans survive so much experience is something I shall never understand. To do so much and react to it all in the way you do is as much a curse as a blessing. You never take time to digest and appreciate what happens to you.

The military do so love shiny new technology, there's always so many ways to abuse it.

You cannot impose ideologies on people who do not embrace it wholeheartedly.

You've no idea how wonderful toilet paper is until it's taken away from you by an unfeeling universe. I think it's the defining characteristic of human civilization, the ability to manufacture something decent to wipe your ass on.

How many twenty-second-century bureaucrats did it take to change a light panel? We'll have a sub-committee meeting and get back to you with an estimate.

Once you've achieved everything, there is nothing left. You take out the core of being human: the striving.

The penalty for a long life is increasing resistance to change.