"Humanity does not ask us to be happy. It merely asks us to be brilliant on it's behalf. Survival first, then happiness as we can manage it." - Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card

"And while the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department." - Andrew Carnegie

"I was thinking about death and all. About seeing how you're gonna die. I mean, on one hand, if dying was all you thought about, it could kind of screw you up. But it could kind of help you, couldn't it? Because you'd know that everything else you can survive." -Big Fish