“So in order to accommodate the Pioneers who would begin arriving in a few weeks, the Arkitects sent up Scouts. The qualifications for being a Scout seemed to be a shocking level of physical endurance, a complete disregard for mortal danger, and some knowledge of how to exist in a space suit.
All of them were Russian.”
"Scouts"
Seveneves (2015), Part One
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“The only problem with Boy Scouts is, there aren't enough of them.”
As quoted in Giving young people a chance to grow (22 Nov 2011)
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Source: [Marks, Linda, Giving young people a chance to grow, http://www.perrytribune.com/community/article_19a33c04-8c22-5b7e-bd10-ba1a572bc6ac.html, Perry County Tribune, 22 November 2011, 31 January 2015]
“When it comes to scouts, heroes are just people who confuse cowardice with common sense.”
Source: Time Scout (1995), Chapter 7 (p. 119)
Aids to Scoutmastership (1920)
“Nothing sells tombstones like a Girl Scout in uniform.”
"Scouting for the Reaper," http://www.vqronline.org/articles/2009/summer/appel-scouting-reaper/ Virginia Quarterly Review (Summer 2009)
When asked what he thought about he thought about people who called him un-American and a traitor, as quoted in "Filmmaker rehashes politics in Dome speech" in The Daily Orange (23 September 2004) http://media.www.dailyorange.com/media/storage/paper522/news/2004/09/23/Pulp/Filmmaker.Rehashes.Politics.In.Dome.Speech-728133.shtml
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Source: Engineering Modeling and Design (1992), p. 83; As cited in: Eric David Smith (2006, p. 42).
Introduction to "Be Prepared"
Songs by Tom Lehrer (1953)
Context: I would like to state at this time that I am not now and have never been... a member of the Boy Scouts of America. Their motto is, as you know, "Be Prepared!" and that is the name of this song.