“Only wimps use tape backup: real men just upload their important stuff on ftp, and let the rest of the world mirror it;)”

“The most dangerous men on earth are those who are afraid they are wimps”

“It was a queer, disturbing instant of recognition. We all create monsters in our minds. The only important difference may be which of us let our monsters become real.”

“OK, let's go and explore the rest of the world, and how easy is it to put together music through found objects and stuff, and people, and ideas and certain electricity, certain environments.”

“Let us be friendly. Let us recognise and welcome the men from other worlds!”

“Just once in a while let us exalt the importance of ideas and information.”

“We did not expect to have a backup system for the rest of the universe. We can rely upon it to be cold most of the time.”

“The world will always punish the few people with special talents the rest of us don’t recognize as real.”

“Let us ever remember that our interest is in concord, not in conflict; and that our real eminence rests in the victories of peace, not those of war.”

“Why would we ever want to go back when your world is so accommodating with your telephones and your guns and what's that sticky stuff called… duct tape.”