“We’ve all selected the wrong partners, all gotten hurt, and hopefully all moved on wiser for the experience. But there are those who, even in the face of constant disappointment, continue to believe that the intensity of their desire will be rewarded by an eventual jackpot of affection. And if that’s the slot machine you’re playing, friend, you’d better leave the casino ‘cause that one don’t pay out” IfsBelieveFacesDesireCausesHurtPayMachinesMovedConstantAffectionDisappointmentPartnersHopefullyIntensityWiserSelectedMoved OnCasinosSlot MachinesJackpot Author:Paul Dini
“The popular mind often pictures gigantic flying machines speeding across the Atlantic carrying innumerable passengers in a way analogous to our modern steam ships. . . it seems safe to say that such ideas are wholly visionary and even if the machine could get across with one or two passengers the expense would be prohibitive to any but the capitalist who could use his own yacht.” IfsWayMindTwoIdeasUseSeemsWould BeModernSafeMachinesFlyingShipsExpensesCapitalistVisionariesSteamPassengersYachtSpeedingFlying Machines Author:William Henry Pickering
“The art of splitting hairs four ways. This is the department of useless techniques. Mechanical Avunculogratulation, for example, is how to build machines for greeting uncles. We're not sure, though, if Pylocatabasis belongs, since it's the art of being saved by a hair. Somehow that doesn't seem completely useless.” IfsWayArtSeemsFourExampleHairMachinesTechniqueSavedUselessNot SureDepartmentUnclesGreetingsSplitting Author:Umberto Eco
“But if we establish the working hypothesis that the UFOs are machines, we also have to assume the following: a) They are not built by human beings.. b) They are flying by means of artificial fields of gravity.. c) They produce high-tension electric charges in order to push the air out of their paths, so it does not start glowing, and strong magnetic fields to influence the ionized air at higher altitudes.” IfsHumansMeanDoeOrderStrongHuman BeingsPathAirInfluenceFieldsProduceHigherBuiltMachinesAssumingFollowingFlyingTensionGravityArtificialElectricHypothesisUfoGlowingMagneticMagnetic Fields Author:Hermann Oberth