Progress doesn't come from early risers — progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things. - Robert A. Heinlein

Progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things.

“Mooncraft isn’t a game; it’s the real thing. ‘Did you stay alive?’ If you make a mistake, you flunk—and they bury you.”

I've heard all the usual Sweetness and Light that kids get pushed at them—how they should always forgive, how there’s some good in the worst of us, etc. But when I see a black widow, I step on it; I don’t plead with it to be a good little spider and please stop poisoning people. A black widow spider can’t help it—but that’s the point.

The few VIPs I’ve met struck me as hollow shells, animated by PR men.