Man is the animal that intends to shoot himself out into interplanetary space, after having given up on the problem of an efficient way to get himself five miles to work and back each day. – Bill Vaughan
The human race has had long experience and a fine tradition in surviving adversity. But we now face a task for which we have little experience, the task of surviving prosperity. – Alan Gregg
We face the question whether a still higher “standard of living” is worth its cost in things natural, wild, and free. – Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac, 1949
