another fun quote stumbled over on FB, of all places

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@@ -7,6 +7,18 @@ that I've chosen to pick up and carry with me...
 On Life
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+<p>
+"The American story is, really, just enough of us did just enough of the
+right thing at the right moment to push us forward."
+<br> -- Jon Meacham</p>
+
+<p>
+"In a very real sense, we are all aliens on a strange planet.  We 
+spend most of our lives reaching out and trying to communicate.  If 
+during our whole lifetime, we could reach out and really communicate 
+with just two people, we are indeed very fortunate."
+<br> -- Gene Roddenberry</p>
+
 <p>
 "Bob Dylan is Bob Dylan not because he hits all the right notes... 
  but because he hits all the right emotions."
@@ -40,6 +52,14 @@ and talks about the things. It's impossible to learn very much by simply
 sitting in a lecture, or even by simply doing problems that are assigned."
 <br>-- Richard Feynman, in his preface to the printed Lectures on Physics
 
+<p>
+"If every trace of any single religion were wiped out and nothing were passed
+on, it would never be created exactly that way again.  There might be some
+other nonsense in its place, but not that exact nonsense.  If all of science
+were wiped out, it would still be true and someone would find a way to figure
+it all out again."
+<br>-- Penn Jillette
+
 <p>
 "For every vision, there is an equal and opposite revision."
 <br>-- "Thal's Law", which I first heard quoted by Lyle Johnson
@@ -59,6 +79,10 @@ commit resources, or nothing new will ever be created."
 "Fools live to regret their words, wise men to regret their silence."
 <br>-- Will Henry
 
+<p>
+"Have more than you show, speak less than you know."
+<br>-- William Shakespeare
+
 <p>
 "Kids are more nimble than wise..."
 <br>-- Nancy Gibbs, in a Time opinion piece