Andy Pond

“It is better to beg forgiveness, than ask permission.”
― Grace Murray Hopper

“Democracy, I say, is not based on violence or terrorism, but on reason, on fair play, on freedom, on respecting other people’s rights as well as their ambitions.”
― Martin Gilbert, Winston S. Churchill: Road to Victory, 1941-1945

“Your body is run by a competent staff that’s been on the job since before the company acquired consciousness. Too bad you can’t personally meet your team.”
― Carl Safina, Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel

“I don’t mean to imply that I value the life of a fish or a bird the same way I value a human life, but their presence in the world has as much validity as does our presence. Perhaps more: they were here first; they are foundational to us. They take only what they need. They are compatible with the life around them.”
― Carl Safina, Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel