One bad, stupid decision could twist a life completely out of true. - Larry Niven

War between the sexes had always seemed silly to Corbell. Too much fraternizing with the enemy, ha-ha.

The wealth of the universe is all over your head. We need to take command of the solar system to gain that wealth, and to escape the sea of paper our government is becoming, and for some decent chance of stopping a Dinosaur Killer asteroid.

Tell them the universe is too complicated a toy for a sensibly cautious being to play with.