1105 – “Death is a frightful disaster no matter what the cause and the age of the person affected.”

– Nelson Mandela

1022 – “Science is the key to our future, and if you don’t believe in science, then you’re holding everybody back. And it’s fine if you as an adult want to run around pretending or claiming that you don’t believe in evolution, but if we educate a generation of people who don’t believe in science, that’s a recipe for disaster.”

-Bill Nye [Attributed, See Source Notes]

1009 – “An optimist is someone that knows that taking a step backward after taking a step forward is not a disaster, it’s a cha-cha.”

-anonymous