I couldn’t remember any science-fiction stories that actually dealt with how you’d handle timekeeping on a new planet. - Dennis E. Taylor

People’s capacity for turning dogmatic stupidity into political movements never ceased to amaze me. “We’ve knocked off 99.9% of the human race, and somehow the crazies still manage to survive. It just defies the odds.

Some people just seemed to want to display their power by defining what others could or couldn’t do.

There are those who think we should give up all technology from steam power on up. And they all think they have direct divine approval. Needless to say, debates are low on logic and high on rhetoric. Except when they’re even higher on assassinations and sabotage.