Quote #41 A My Writing Journey
“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.” — Mark Twain
Quote Off Week #12 Don’t Put Your Eggs All In One Basket Robert Heinlein
“The Earth is just too small and fragile a basket for the human race to keep all its eggs in.” – Robert A. Heinlein
Quote #40 Fantastic Voyage Movie Review
General Carter: [after the briefing before the mission] Any further questions? Anybody? Grant: Just one, General. General Carter: Yes, what’s that? Grant: Where do I get a cab back to town? IMDb.com
Quote Off Week #11 Getting Prepared for What is Coming
One of the biggest roles of science fiction is to prepare people to accept the future without pain and to encourage a flexibility of the mind. Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories. Arthur C. Clarke Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories. Arthur C. Clarke
Quote #39 Terraforming
“To be a great terraformer, you need the green thumb of a gardener, the eye of a painter, the soul of a poet… and it doesn’t hurt to be a raging egomaniac.” — Professor Gideon Seyetik, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (“Second Sight”)