Quotes

Scotty: Diplomats! The best diplomat I know is a fully activated phaser bank.
- Star Trek TOS, "Taste of Armageddon

In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.
- Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

"In matters of style, swim with the current;
in matters of principle, stand like a rock."
- Thomas Jefferson

Calamities are of two kinds: misfortunes
to ourselves, and good fortune to others.
- Ambrose Bierce

Day: A period of twenty-four hours, mostly misspent.
- Ambrose Bierce

Meekness: Uncommon patience in planning
a revenge that is worth while.
- Ambrose Bierce