A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour.

The really happy person is the one who can enjoy the scenery, even when they have to take a detour.

A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour.

We have a name for people who create universes - they're called gods. There is no greater hubris than to think that we could take the place of godlike implications.

Electromagnetic theory and experiment gave us the telephone, radio, TV, computers, and made the internal combustion engine practical - thus, the car and airplane, leading inevitably to the rocket and outer-space exploration.

Star Trek's insight lay in the promise of going to the stars together, with well-defined stereotypes who could supply the emotional frame for the potentially jarring truths of these distant places.