"So many of our lessons are learned, it would seem, too late to use on Earth."

“Let's be honest: the trappings of investment banking are quite tempting. I do miss it sometimes. And to be honest, there was a time I'd read the 'WSJ' in the morning, and for years I have done that.”

“Pervading nationalism imposes its dominion on man today in many different forms and with an aggressiveness that spares no one. The challenge that is already with us is the temptation to accept as true freedom what in reality is only a new form of slavery.”

“Some of life's biggest and most positive changes are propelled by mini conspiracies of a few well-meaning folks.”

“Science fiction doesn’t try to predict the future, but rather offers a significant distortion of the present…We sit around and look at what we see around us and we say how can the world be different”

“A Brother may not be a Friend, but a Friend will always be a Brother.”

Source : Benjamin Franklin (2007). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.36, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

“When I was a little kid, I told stories.”

Source : Interview with Keith Phipps, www.avclub.com. August 2, 2011.

“Prayer is the ascending vapor which supplies The showers of blessing, and the stream that flows Through earth's dry places, till on every side "The wilderness shall blossom as the rose.”

“A lot of industry groups have said they support a federal law. They don't want to have to deal with 50 different state laws.”