“About 95% of people can be compared to ships without rudders. Subject to every shift of wind and tide, they're helplessly adrift. And while they fondly hope that they'll one day drift into a rich and successful port, you and I know that for every narrow harbor entrance, there are a 1,000 miles of rocky coastline. The chances against their drifting into port are 1,000 to one.” PeopleKnowsChanceSuccessfulRichSubjectsWindOne DayMilesShipsTidesHarborsPortEntrancesDriftingRuddersAdriftCoastline Author:Earl Nightingale
“Not only does every animal live at the expense of some other animal or plant, but the very plants are at war.... The individuals of a species are like the crew of a foundered ship, and none but good swimmers have a chance of reaching the land.” DoeWarIndividualChanceAnimalLandEvolutionPlantSpeciesShipsReachingExpensesCrewSwimmer Book:Collected essays Source: Collected essays
“Chances are, the aliens will not want to land on our backyard, or even the White House lawn, with their flying saucers. They may have tiny, robotic self-replicating probes which can reach near light speed and can proliferate around the galaxy. So instead of the Enterprise and huge star ships, the aliens might actually send tiny probes to explore the universe. One might land on our lawn and we won't even know.” KnowsWantMaySelfLightMightUniverseHouseStarsChanceWhiteLandHugeSpeedTinyFlyingShipsAliensEnterpriseWhite HouseGalaxyChances AreLawnsRoboticsBackyardsFlying Saucers Author:Michio Kaku