We have a saying in Montana: “You don’t have to be faster than the Grizzly bear. You just have to be faster than the guy running next to you.”

— Walter Kirn

“It’s what’s wrong with the world. People think technology is an easy ride. They’re watching too much TV.”

— Harry Bosch, The Closers

“Now, I did a job. I got nothing but trouble since I did it, not to mention more than a few unkind words as regard to my character, so let me make this abundantly clear: I do the job. And then I get paid.”

   — Captain Malcolm Reynolds, Firefly

“Freedom is a muscle. You have to exercise it.”

   — Captain Nathan Hale Bridger, SeaQuest DSV