All the old men set to their jobs with the grim robotic work ethic that always belongs to the previous generation. - Daniel H. Wilson

Being young don’t earn you a damn thing in my book.

It has been subsequently theorized that our species’ seeming inability to focus on long-term existential threats will inexorably lead to the destruction of our environment, overpopulation, and resource exhaustion. It is therefore not an uncommon belief among economists that this inborn deficit represents a sort of built-in timer for the self-destruction of human civilization.
Sadly, all the evidence of world history supports this theory.

“This is doable, isn’t it?” she asked.
“Technically, it’s doable,” he replied, looking up at her. “It’s insane. But it’s doable.”
“Then that will have to be enough,” said Vedala.