The deepest personal defeat suffered by human beings is constituted by the difference between what one was capable of becoming and what one has in fact become.

Science has proof without any certainty. Creationists have certainty without any proof.

"The Good Book" - one of the most remarkable euphemisms ever coined.

Girls marry for love. Boys marry because of a chronic irritation that causes them to gravitate in the direction of objects with certain curvilinear properties.

Remember this is a proof-of-concept engineering mission, not a science mission. We really do have to learn how to operate in the vicinity of an asteroid if we are ever going to use them for space resources or if we are going to have a reliable capability to deflect a dangerous one.

Most humans have become so conditioned and deep rooted to their earthly existence that they tend to almost perceive the earth as the Center of the Universe, and this misconception is accentuated and perpetuated by some mainstream religions.