" All the world's a stage, and the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances, and one man in his time plays many parts." -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616) , English playwright, poet, work considered greatest in English literature " We've arranged a civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology. We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster. We might get away with it for a while, but sooner or later this combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going to blow up in our faces." -- Carl Sagan (b. 1934), American astronomer noted for research for extraterrestrial life " Don't be reckless with other people's hearts, And don't put up with people that are reckless with yours." -- Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (b. 1922), American writer, "Cat's Cradle," "Slaughterhouse Five" "I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing. (Plato's Apology)" -- Socrates (470?-399 BC), Greek philosopher initiated a question-and-answer method of teaching " Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged; and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again." -- Jesus (1st century), Jewish teacher, prophet, Son of God, the Savior " You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can't get them across, your ideas won't get you anywhere." -- Lido Anthony "Lee" Iacocca (b. 1924), American business executive " The discipline of the writer is to learn to be still and listen to what his subject has to tell him." -- Rachel Louise Carson (1907-64), American environmentalist, biologist, writer, "Silent Spring" " Whatever you are, be a good one." -- Abraham Lincoln (1809-65), 16th US President, Republican quotes extracted from http://www.quoteworld.org