"Isn't it the moment of most profound doubt that gives birth to new certainties? Perhaps hopelessness is the very soil that nourishes human hope; perhaps one could never find sense in life without first experiencing its absurdity."
"The salvation of this human world lies nowhere else than in the human heart, in the human power to reflect, in human meekness and human responsibility."
- Vaclav Havel
"Though he had strong commitments, he never lost his sense of humor. For him the tendencies he fought were proof of human folly, not evil incarnate. He was that rare paradox - a skeptic committed to peace and humanity." - Paul Feyerabend describes Hans Thirring
"Did Godzilla ever say 'That's too far away?' He said 'BWAAAAR' and shrieked and waddled there and ate it."
- Jeff Pitrman