The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not ‘Eureka!’ but ‘That’s funny.’
ISAAC ASIMOVHuman beings sometimes find a kind of pleasure in nursing painful emotions, in blaming themselves without reason or even against reason.
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The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing.
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While he lives, he must think; while he thinks, he must dream.
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Life is a journey, but don’t worry, you’ll find a parking spot at the end.
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Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.
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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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The cure for advanced gullibility is to go to sleep and consider matters again the next day.
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Better to make a good future than predict a bad one.
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The great secret of the successful fool is that he’s no fool at all.
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Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It’s the transition that’s troublesome.
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Man’s greatest asset is the unsettled mind.
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There seems to be a feeling that anything that is natural is good. Strychnine is natural.
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In life, unlike chess, the game continues after checkmate.
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People think of education as something that they can finish.
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Education isn’t something you can finish.
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It has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly.
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