"The universe is probably littered with the one-planet graves of cultures which made the sensible economic decision that there's no good reason to go into space-each discovered, studied, and remembered by the ones who made the irrational decision."

-- Randall Munroe

#Space Quotes #Decision Quotes #Culture Quotes

“I really love fan art, which I get sent a lot of. I really, really get a lot of. I get a kick out of it.”

Source : "Interview: ‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ co-star J. August Richards talks Deathlok". Interview with Daniel Fienberg, uproxx.com. April 29, 2014.
“When I cover a major presidential, when I vote for a major presidential, or when I cover a major presidential candidate out on the campaign trail, I make it a policy not to vote on the presidential ballot in that election.”

Source : Source: www.realclearpolitics.com
“The success of Darwinism was accomplished by a decline in scientific integrity.”
“Don't try to live too many days at a time.”
“The 'Little' or 'Barebones' Parliament, summoned by Oliver Cromwell to meet at Westminster on 4th July, 1653, after the dissolution of the remains of the Long Parliament, may have been an unpractical body, so far as the task of administration in troublous times was concerned. But it seems quite possible that the wealth of contumely and scorn which has been poured upon it was, originally, due quite as much to the fierce anger of vested interests against outspoken criticism, as to any real vagueness or want of practical wisdom in the plans of the House itself.”

Source : "A Short History Of The English Law" by Edward Jenks.Fiirst edition, ch. XII, Civil Procedure In The Middle Ages, p. 178, 1912.
“Rules are made for people who aren't willing to make up their own.”
“In my experience, the most staunchly held views are based on ignorance or accepted dogma, not carefully considered accumulations of facts. The more you expose the intricacies and realtities of the situation, the less clear-cut things become.”

Source : Mary Roach (2010). “Six Feet Over: Adventures in the Afterlife”, p.16, Canongate Books
“Talent is what drives technology companies,”

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