Nothing is further than Earth from Heaven: nothing is nearer than Heaven to Earth. – Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers
Astronomers always work in the past; because light takes time to move from one place to another, they see things as they were, not as they are. – Neale E. Howard, The Telescope Handbook and Star Atlas, 1967
I grew up watching those blaxploitation movies. Ron ONeal, Richard Roundtree, Jim Brown, Pam Grier. For the first time, I saw The Negro get one over on The Man. – Samuel L. Jackson