For a wise man, I have been told, once said, 'Gratitude is best and most effective when it does not evaporate in empty phrases.' But alas, my lady, I… - Isaac Asimov

It is change, continuing change, inevitable change, that is the dominant factor in society today. No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be ...

She said brightly when he had finished reading, "It's pronounced vee-ick-ulls, Richard. No 'h.' Accent on the first syllable."

There's a certain drama in going down in a good cause.
Any decent politician is masochistic enough to dream now and then of going down in flames while the
angels sing. But, -Dr. Lamont, to do that one has to have a fighting chance. One has to have something to
fight for that may — justmay — win out.