Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.
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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Yield to temptation. It may not pass your way again.
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One man’s ‘magic’ is another man’s engineering. ‘Supernatural’ is a null word.
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For me, politeness is a sine qua non of civilization.
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May you live as long as you wish and love as long as you live.
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A society that gets rid of all its troublemakers goes downhill.
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I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.
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Anyone who considers protocol unimportant has never dealt with a cat.
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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.
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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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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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Political tags – such as royalist, communist, democrat, populist, fascist, liberal, conservative, and so forth – are never basic criteria.
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I don’t see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes.
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An armed society is a polite society.
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