On Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much - the wheel, New York, wars and so on, whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man - for precisely the same reasons. -HHGTTG
We have only two modes: complacency and panic. -James R. Schlesinger in 1977 on the country's approach to energy
Well, apparently Rock Bottom has a basement !