To be matter-of-fact about the world is to blunder into fantasy – and dull fantasy at that, as the real world is strange and wonderful.
ROBERT A. HEINLEINOne could write a history of science in reverse by assembling the solemn pronouncements of highest authority about what could not be done and could never happen.
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Never worry about theory as long as the machinery does what it’s supposed to do.
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The universe never did make sense; I suspect it was built on government contract.
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I never learned from a man who agreed with me.
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The supreme irony of life is that hardly anyone gets out of it alive.
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Sex without love is merely healthy exercise.
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When a place gets crowded enough to require ID’s, social collapse is not far away. It is time to go elsewhere.
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One could write a history of science in reverse by assembling the solemn pronouncements of highest authority about what could not be done and could never happen.
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Writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of, but do it in private and wash your hands afterwards.
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Don’t ever become a pessimist… a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun, and neither can stop the march of events.
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One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others.
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Being right too soon is socially unacceptable.
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The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire.
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They didn’t want it good, they wanted it Wednesday.
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Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.
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Everything is theoretically impossible, until it is done.
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