“Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.”

“I'm sure the universe is full of intelligent life. It's just been too intelligent to come here.”

“A faith that cannot survive collision with the truth is not worth many regrets.”

“But please remember: this is only a work of fiction. The truth, as always, will be far stranger.”

“Before you become too entranced with gorgeous gadgets and mesmerizing video displays, let me remind you that information is not knowledge, knowledge is not wisdom, and wisdom is not foresight. Each...”

“...a well-stocked mind is safe from boredom.”

“A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.”

“I've always said that idleness dulls the spirit. We have to keep the brain busy, or at least the hands if we don't have a brain.”

“If your workplace was somehow transplanted into the jungle and everyone was forced to survive at a very primitive level, it's safe to say that eventually your boss would rape you.”

“There is a lot of willful incompetence in solar industry that is in the process of coming to light.”

“For four years, I listened to stories of intelligence failures, and it wasn't due to incompetence of anyone in the system, but that the system is so arcane.”

“Management cares about only one thing. Paperwork. They will forgive almost anything else - cost overruns, gross incompetence, criminal indictments - as long as the paperwork's filled out properly. ...”

“Despite how entertaining certain stories were, at the bottom of every item of gossip there was someone getting hurt.”

“You look at pictures of Nepal, push a smile button, and you think thats the same as going there.”

“If you are a beautiful lair, you are the most wanted person in the world.”