“I prefer solitude to companions, since there are so few men who are tr...” — Girolamo Cardano Quote

“I prefer solitude to companions, since there are so few men who are trustworthy, and almost none truly learned. I do not say this because I demand scholarship in all men -- although the sum total of men's learning is small enough; but I question whether we should allow anyone to waste our time. The wasting of time is an abomination.”

“It would take six months to get to Mars if you go there slowly, with optimal energy cost. Then it would take eighteen months for the planets to realign. Then it would take six months to get back, though I can see getting the travel time down to three months pretty quickly if America has the will.”

“Time is a fickle thing. When you are at peace and”

“If we could be mindful of how short our time is, we might learn how precious each day is.”

“Some people say history moves in a spiral, not the line we have come to expect. We travel through time in a circular trajectory, our distance increasing from an epicenter only to return again, one circle removed.”

“I think I have many spenglerian moods about the country, and that some day people will look back and think 'this was a really goofy, unadmirable stupid time.”

“Time is a boundary for all mortals. Learning to make solid choices within the givens helps us come closer to living the lives we want. It's a forever calibration and requires ongoing fine-tuning.”