“Anticipating the end of the world is humanity's oldest pastime”
“There are times in this life when a person must do or say things he doesn't want to. Human beings and chains, it is the oldest acquaintanceship in the world.”
“The newest computer can merely compound, at speed, the oldest problem in the relations between human beings, and in the end the communicator will be confronted with the old problem, of what to say and how to say it.”
“At least the World will end, an event anticipated with great joy by many. It will end very soon, but not in the year 2000, which has come and gone. From that I conclude that God Almighty is not heavily into Numerology.”
“This is an addictive pastime. You take no real risk, touch the world, and it responds. Repeat.”
“That's one of the oldest tricks in the world, Adrien-with-an-e.”