The most damaging phrase in the language is, "It's always been done that way".

A ship in harbor is safe—but that is not what ships were built for.

One accurate measurement is worth a thousand expert opinions.

A ship in harbor is safe—but that is not what ships were built for.

[Ruling over everyone in the rich folks' enclave is the sinister Kaufman, amusingly played by Dennis Hopper: part CEO, part unelected president. He gets the best line in the film when a frowning apparatchik asks if there is any trouble.] In a world where the dead have returned to life, ... the word 'trouble' loses much of its meaning.

It comes a time when the music stops and you become your own motivation.