when faced with a problem you do not understand, do any part of it you do understand, then look at it again.

The meek shall inherit the earth - a 6 foot plot above them.

Talking with a Martian is like talking with an echo. You don't get argument but you don't get results.

An armed society is a polite society.

One could write a history of science in reverse by assembling the solemn pronouncements of highest authority about what could not be done and could never happen.

Being privileged to work hard for long hours at something you think is worth doing is the best kind of play.

The future is better than the past. Despite the crepe hangers, romanticists, and anti-intellectuals, the world steadily grows better because the human mind, applying itself to environment, makes it better. With hands ... with tools ... with horse sense and science and engineering.