Zen Ferret

There are no personal problems that can not be solved through an adequate application of high explosives.

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Edwards: Why the big secret? People are smart. They can handle it.
Kay: A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it. Fifteen hundred years ago everybody knew the Earth was the center of the universe. Five hundred years ago, everybody knew the Earth was flat, and fifteen minutes ago, you knew that humans were alone on this planet. Imagine what you'll know tomorrow.

-- Men in Black

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"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, dis gallantly. Specialization is for insects."

- The Notebooks of Lazarus Long