“Dinosaurs are extinct today because they lacked opposable thumbs and the brainpower to build a space program.”

“The dinosaurs became extinct because they didn't have a space program. And if we become extinct because we don't have a space program, it'll serve us right!”

“Do not oppose my opposable thumbs. If you do, we’ll have a thumb war.”

“If humans one day become extinct from a catastrophic collision, there would be no greater tragedy in the history of life in the universe. Not because we lacked the brain power to protect ourselves but because we lacked the foresight. The dominant species that replaces us in post-apocalyptic Earth just might wonder, as they gaze upon our mounted skeletons in their natural history museums, why large-headed Homo sapiens fared no better than the proverbially pea-brained dinosaurs.”

“This will be the greatest discovery since the extinction of dinosaurs.”“Assuming dinosaurs did exist, that is,” Derkein said.Alex shook her head. “Couldn’t just let me have this moment, could you?”

“Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.”