Some Quotes and stuff

"Lesbianism is so rampant in some of the schools in southeast Oklahoma that they'll only let one girl go to the bathroom. Now think about it. Think about that issue."
-Oklahoma (figures!) Senator Tom Coburn
"Think about it? Think about rampant high-school lesbianism? I've not only thought about it, I have an extensive video collection devoted to it."
-Lewis Black (The Daily Show)

Reporter: What would you say is the hardest part about going to the Moon?
Von Braun: The will to do it.

(I really love this one. Like so many problems today, it isn't a matter of resources, or of any scientific breakthroughs, all we lack in a solution is the will to actually implement one.)

We are in great haste to construct a magnetic telegraph from Maine to Texas; but Maine and Texas, it may be, have nothing important to communicate....We are eager to tunnel under the Atlantic and bring the old world some weeks nearer to the new; but perchance the first news that will leak through into the broad flapping American ear will be that Princess Adelaide has the whooping cough.
-Henry David Thoreau, discussing the 21st-century media

"The most common phrase heralding a major scientific breakthrough is not "Eureka" as often as it is "Hm. That's funny."
-Isaac Asimov

"They want to send a hundred grams of SpaceShip One. Isn't that cool?"
-Burt Rutan on the recently-funded Private Mission to Pluto (Which is pretty damn cool in its own right!

And, some headlines. A couple of days ago, with my browser window shrunk down a bit so I could watch the processes running behind it, I could only see half of most of the headlines, which made some interesting juxtapositions with the adjacent pairs of headlines. For example:
Iran Vows to Honor - Bill Cosby's Influence
Turkey-Truck Crash Kills 3 - US Troops Give Thanks
Bush Twins Turn 23 - Jail Time More Effective Than Rehab