Mathematics was not just about keeping track of were the moon was going, but also where the money was going. - David Orrell

It can be annoying to find out the name of a famous local landmark has no significance other than belonging to some distant relation or drinking buddy of the explorer.

The race to the moon was never really about the moon - its utility didn't rest in samples of moon rock. It was about capitalism versus communism, right versus left.

There is something intrinsically upside down and counter-intuitive in the relationship between money and happiness.