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. HEINLEINLove is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own…
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By cultivating the beautiful we scatter the seeds of heavenly flowers, as by doing good we cultivate those that belong to humanity.
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A society that gets rid of all its troublemakers goes downhill.
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Theologians can persuade themselves of anything.
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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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The universe never did make sense; I suspect it was built on government contract.
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I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.
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The difference between science and the fuzzy subjects is that science requires reasoning while those other subjects merely require scholarship.
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One man’s ‘magic’ is another man’s engineering. ‘Supernatural’ is a null word.
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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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Sex without love is merely healthy exercise.
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They didn’t want it good, they wanted it Wednesday.
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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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Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.
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Never worry about theory as long as the machinery does what it’s supposed to do.
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Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own…
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