“Vatican II and the Space/Information Age began in the same eye blink o...” — Eugene Kennedy Quote

Vatican II and the Space/Information Age began in the same eye blink of history, with John XXIII's opening speech of Vatican II on Oct. 11, 1962, following John F. Kennedy's call for a round trip to the moon a month earlier.

9/11 revealed that those about to die do not seem afraid or plead for forgiveness for their sins, if they think about them at all. They all have one thing in mind - those they love - and they all do the same thing: They call them up - spouses, family or friends - to tell them they love them.

Pope Francis reminds us of Pope John XXIII because both men share the same lack of self-consciousness, and neither needs to keep his guard up through the use of psychological defenses such as rationalization, projection or intellectualization.

The perception of the horizon is an earthbound event; all horizons disappear in space, and we are left shorn of the sweet roots that have held us to the earth, challenged to imagine what is truly present just before us, a unified and seemingly limitless universe.

Time goes by so slowly when you're a child, and then, as an adult, it goes by in the blink of an eye.

I am paid a good amount of money to not blink for 12 hours. It's fun, but I don't take it very seriously.

Great software has seemingly limitless potential to solve human problems - and it can spread around the world in the blink of an eye. Malicious code moves just as quickly, and when software is created for the wrong reason, it has a huge and growing capacity to harm millions of people.

We here a blink of an eye, even if we make it 75, 80 years, you still here a blink of an eye. Enjoy it.

Travis Barker is one of the greatest drummers ever, and all the guys in blink are really good songwriters.