[T]he cherub, alas, proved to be pasted on tough gingerbread which was too hard for many to bite into. – Vladimir Nabokov, The Gift, 1963, translated from Russian by Michael Scammell
The weapons were conceived and created by a small band of physicists and chemists they remain a cataclysmic threat to the whole of human society and the natural environment. – Barry Commoner
We should conceive of ourselves not as rulers of Earth, but as highly powerful, conscious stewards: The Earth is given to us in trust, and we can screw it up or make it work well and sustainably. – Kim Stanley Robinson
![[N]o man is a dullard... every man is a philosopher. - Joe Kita,](/quote/dullard-every-philosopher.jpg "[N]o man is a dullard... every man is a philosopher. - Joe Kita,")
