Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is. The only function of a school is to make self-education easier; failing that, it does nothing.
ISAAC ASIMOVHe always pictured himself a libertarian, which to my way of thinking means “I want the liberty to grow rich and you can have the liberty to starve”. It’s easy to believe that no one should depend on society for help when you yourself happen not to need such help.
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I figure that if God actually does exist, he is big enough to understand an honest difference of opinion.
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So the universe is not quite as you thought it was. You’d better rearrange your beliefs, then. Because you certainly can’t rearrange the universe.
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If you have talent, you will receive some measure of success – but only if you persist.
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Anything you make forbidden gains sexual attractiveness. Would you be particularly interested in women’s breasts if you lived in a society in which they were displayed at all times?
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It is the obvious which is so difficult to see most of the time. People say ‘It’s as plain as the nose on your face.’ But how much of the nose on your face can you see, unless someone holds a mirror up to you?
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Today’s science fiction is tomorrow’s science fact.
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To make discoveries, you have to be curious about why the universe is the way it is.
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Properly read, the Bible is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived.
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Since emotions are few and reasons are many (said the robot Giscard) the behavior of a crowd can be more easily predicted than the behavior of one person.
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Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.
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To succeed, planning alone is insufficient. One must improvise as well.
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The intelligent man is never bored.
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Nothing has to be true, but everything has to sound true.
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While he lives, he must think; while he thinks, he must dream.
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It has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly.
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