And because she so desperately wanted it to be true, she knew she could not manage an objective judgment. - Jack McDevitt

Politicians always seemed to be willing to sacrifice the general welfare to win votes.

Decisions are always made with insufficient information. If you really knew what was going on, the decision would make itself.

Charlie was not a believer. He did not expect to be called to account and assigned a score for what he had done or left undone. His parents had believed in a mechanical world, a place of evolving hardware and software, no deities need apply. We just haven’t figured it all out yet, his father was fond of saying. Things get more complex and we don’t know why. But that doesn’t mean we have to ascribe it to divine providence.