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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.

Robert A. Heinlein

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No statement should be believed because it is made by an authority.
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One man’s ‘magic’ is another man’s engineering. ‘Supernatural’ is a null word.
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Theology is never any help; it is searching in a dark cellar at midnight for a black cat that isn’t there.
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One man’s theology is another man’s belly laugh.
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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 am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.
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An armed society is a polite society.
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Theologians can persuade themselves of anything.
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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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Yield to temptation. It may not pass your way again.
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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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May you live as long as you wish and love as long as you live.
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