We may seem competent, but by the end of next century there will be new deserts, new ruins.

If you engage people on a vital, important level, they will respond.

I don't seem to have a 20th century face

Some studies suggest that the Arctic Ocean may be ice-free by the end of the century.

We may be sure that out of the ruins of our capitalist civilization a new religion will emerge, just as Christianity emerged from the ruins of the Roman civilization.

In the end, the railroads made America and nanotech will make the 21st century, and that is the end of the story. The beginning of the story and the end of the story.