You white people are so strange. We think it is very primitive for a child to have only two parents. Australian Aboriginal Elder The ability to delude yourself may be an important survival tool. Jane Wagner The three fundamental Rules of Robotics...One: a robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm...Two:..a robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law...Three: a robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First and Second Laws. Isaac Asimov US science fiction novelist & scholar (1920 - 1992) From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life. Arthur Ashe Our lives improve only when we take chances -- and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves. Walter Anderson Interestingly, according to modern astronomers, space is finite. This is a very comforting thought---particularly for people who can never remember where they have left things. Woody Allen US movie actor, comedian, & director (1935 - ) More than any time in history mankind faces a crossroads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness, the other to total extinction. Let us pray that we have the wisdom to choose correctly. Woody Allen US movie actor, comedian, & director (1935 - ) I took a speed-reading course and read War and Peace in twenty minutes. It involves Russia. Woody Allen US movie actor, comedian, & director (1935 - ) The good people sleep much better at night than the bad people. Of course, the bad people enjoy the waking hours much more. Woody Allen US movie actor, comedian, & director (1935 - ) It was a book to kill time for those who like it better dead. Dame Rose Macaulay English novelist (1881 - 1958) |