"In the beginning, there was no retirement. There were no old people. In the Stone Age, everyone was fully employed until age 20, by which time nearly everyone was dead, usually of unnatural causes. Any early man who lived long enough to develop crow's-feet was either worshiped or eaten as a sign of respect."

-- Mary-Lou Weisman

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“We have become so quick and effective in building things today. It would be easy to build another Pyramid of Giza or another Great Wall. But these buildings haven't withstood the test of time because of their building quality. They stand tall because they have a symbolic value, they represent a culture.”
“Aerial flight is one of that class of problems with which man will never be able to cope.”
“Are you there God? It's me, Margaret.”
“I don't really care what's going on I just care about getting my job done the best that I can possibly do and deal with the other things in my life that take a lot of time and a lot of thought.”
“I ask myself, have nations ever declined from a loss of moral sense rather than from physical reasons or the pressure of barbarians? I think that they have.”
“I'll tell you how the sun rose, a ribbon at a time. The steeples swam in amethyst, The news like squirrels ran. The hills untied their bonnets, The bobolinks begun. Then I said softly to myself, "That must have been the sun!”
“Attempt something so great for God that it is doomed to fail unless God is in it, and you're in it as well.”
“If you're going to come at me, come at me respectfully, and I will respond respectfully.”

Source : Interview with Steve Heisler, www.avclub.com. November 3, 2008.

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