"See? This is why I'm not religious. I couldn't possibly keep my mouth shut long enough to get along with everyone else." - Jim Butcher

“Time is a thief. It steals our memory, our hopes, and our strength, leaving only the sense there’s never enough of it.” - Ckuve Cussler

"He who fights with monsters should be careful lest he thereby become a monster. And if thou gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will gaze also gaze into thee"

"When power is up for grabs," Pitt said, " the first casualty is often liberty." - Clive Cussler

“In this century wars will not be fought over oil, as in the past, but over water. The situation is becoming desperate. The world's water is strained by population growth. There is no more fresh water on earth than two thousand years ago when the population was three percent of its current size.
Even without the inevitable droughts, like the current one, it will get worse as demand and pollution increase.
Some countries will simply run out of water, sparking a global refugee crisis. Tens of millions of people will flood across international borders. It means the collapse of fisheries, environmental destruction, conflict, lower living standards." She paused for a moment. "As people who deal with the ocean you must see the irony. We are facing a shortage on a planet whose surface is covered two-thirds with water.” - Clive Cussler

"The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help." - Ronald Regan