Personal History

I read a short story in high school by Arthur C. Clarke.  In it an American cruiser got too close to a black hole and the only recognizable piece of wreckage was a “star mangled spanner.”

Quotes

“History doesn’t always repeat itself.  Sometimes it just screams, ‘Why don’t you listen to me?’ and lets fly with a big stick.”

— John W. Campbell, Jr.

“And I repeat: if there is anything that can divert the land of my birth from its current stampede into the Stone Age, it is the widespread dissemination of the thoughts and perceptions that Robert Heinlein has been selling as entertainment since 1939.”

— Spider Robinson

“You won’t learn much about capitalism at a university.  How could you?  Capitalism is a matter of risks and rewards, and a tenured professor doesn’t have much to do with either.”

— Jerry Pournelle, PhD

"Better see the Reds dead."

— Ayn Rand