"In my considered opinion, the profit to be made by permanent settlement in space is nothing less than the survival of industrial civilization, and therefore the survival of nearly the entire human race, along with such amenities as peace, freedom, enough to eat, and the chance to reach a high age in good health."

-- Poul Anderson

#Civilization Quotes #Space Quotes #Race Quotes

“There is no neat distinction between operating system software and the software that runs on top of it.”
“Light itself is a great corrective. A thousand wrongs and abuses that are grown in darkness disappear, like owls and bats, before the light of day.”
“You are all great, and everything about your company is wonderful!”
“Commemoration of Richard Meux Benson, Founder of the Society of St John the Evangelist, 1915 Our critical day is not the very day of our death, but the whole course of our life; I thank him, that prays for me when my bell tolls; but I thank him much more, that catechizes me, or preaches to me, or instructs me how to live.”
“If God had wanted you to wear earrings, he'd have made you a girl.”
“Tough minded enough to do the necessary things--this is the epitome of what a team is.”
“It comes as second nature to men to sacrifice themselves, and their women to let them do it.”
“Culture has to be constantly on the vanguard, too. It should be educating people, as it does in Latin America: thousands of great theatres, art cinemas, millions of free books distributed by the governments, public poetry readings, free public lectures, and all sorts of bookstores are open until early mornings, exhibitions reacting to the needs and sorrows of society, concerts of engaged music.”

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