I’ve made myself a rich man. You shouldn’t assume that makes me a fool. - Stephen Baxter

Understanding is the key to turning anything from a threat into an opportunity.

Ussher’s intense and obsessive project seems very odd to the eyes of a modern scientist. After all he had deduced the age of the Earth without looking at a scrap of physical evidence—not a single rock.

You aren't doing much for morale, Sidewise."
Sidewise shot back, "And what about my morale? It does me no damn good to ignore what's blindingly obvious all around us.