KISSINGER: The feasibility of…you’re asking about-
NIXON: Fusing with a sandworm, Henry. Yes. And ruling as God Emperor. I want a, I want a frank feasibility assessment.
KISSINGER: Mr. President, I want to…I’m going to approach this as I would any, ah, as a strategic question and simply note that the first obstacle would appear to be-
NIXON: The sandworms don’t exist. I know the sandworms don’t exist, Henry. I’m not- do I seem like a man who doesn’t know that? I’m talking about the principle. I’m talking about whether the architecture of the thing, whether a version of this, a, an analogous-
HALDEMAN: An analogous sandworm.
[EIGHT SECONDS OF SILENCE]
NIXON: Don’t do that, Bob.
people misunderstand the icarus story. the problem was not that he flew too high. it's that the wings were made of beeswax, which offered very little resistance to heating. with modern materials he would have had no problems. we can fly as close to the sun as we want now
For those who are unhappy that the new pope is American, please try to understand how it feels for Americans, who are seeing ourselves represented on the world stage for what feels like the first time. Finally, we can stand before the world and say: "I matter."