"That's one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind." - N. Armstrong setting foot on the moon. "Alea iacta est" (The die has been cast.) - Attributed to Caesar crossing the Rubicon "I am become Death, Destroyer of Worlds." - Attributed to J. R. Oppenheimer upon watching the detonation of the first atomic bomb
So Name an event--fictional or historical--what would you say to mark the event, knowing it will be recorded for all time? Be it funny or (melo)dramatic, what would you say? It can reference other works, or even be direct quotations.
(yes yes, we don't need 100 'I told you so' quotes about various economic collapses, etc, maybe we should keep this apolitical.)
Event: First human landing on Mars. Quote: Then came the night of the first falling-star....
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