We must oppose programs that would take food from the mouths of younger generations to buy prescription drugs for old people, and we must do it… for the children. – L. Neil Smith
Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear. – Thomas Jefferson
What an odd, ruminating, noisy, self-interrupting conversation we conduct with ourselves from birth to death. – Diane Ackerman, An Alchemy of Mind: The Marvel and Mystery of the Brain
As we divest ourselves of once familiar physical objects – digitize and dematerialize – we approach a Star Trek future in which everything can be accessed from the fourth dimension with a few clicks or terse audibles. – James Wolcott
