I'd grown up thinking that a [sanitary toilet] was my right, when in fact it's a privilege - 2.5 billion people worldwide have no adequate toilet.

The humble latrine, or flush toilet, reduces disease by twice as much as just putting in clean water.

Felixstowe, the United Kingdom's largest port, stops work only for Christmas Day and for crane-toppling Force 9 gales.

Who cares about the men who steered your breakfast cereal through winter storms? How ironic that the more ships have grown in size and consequence, the less space they take up in our imagination.

The more ships have grown in size and consequence, the more their place in our imagination has shrunk.

Who belonged to no one, who belonged to everyone.Who had nothing, who wanted everything.

I don't think it's possible to c-call yourself a C-Christian and... and j-just leave out the awkward bits.' -Wilfred Owen

You can still live in the realities of your positive desires.

This is the last time Abel lets the humans make the plans.

To the scientist there is the joy in pursuing truth which nearly counteracts the depressing revelations of truth.

Everyone else had the look of tired patience people always got when listening to a sermon, no matter what the century.

In those days spirits were brave, the stakes were high, men were real men, women were real women and small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri were real small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri.

Give persons who would cheat you every opportunity so you can soon be rid of them.

Did you know that forty percent of the words used by Shakespeare were used by him only once?