The real danger is not that computers will begin to think like men, but that men will begin to think like computers.
SYDNEY J. HARRISLove makes everything lovely; hate concentrates itself on the object of its hatred.
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By the time a man asks you for advice, he has generally made up his mind what he wants to do, and is looking for confirmation rather than counseling.
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Many people feel “guilty” about things they shouldn’t feel guilty about, in order to shut out feelings of guilt about things they should feel guilty about.
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The world has always been betrayed by decent men with bad ideals.
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A man will lay down his life for his friend but will not sacrifice his eardrums.
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Every morning I take out my bankbook, stare at it, shudder – and turn quickly to my typewriter.
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The primary purpose of a liberal education is to make one’s mind a pleasant place in which to spend one’s leisure.
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Skepticism is not an end in itself; it is a tool for the discovery of truths.
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The pessimist sees only the tunnel; the optimist sees the light at the end of the tunnel; the realist sees the tunnel and the light – and the next tunnel.
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When I hear somebody sigh, ‘Life is hard,’ I am always tempted to ask, ‘Compared to what?’
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Why do most Americans look up to education and down upon educated people?
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A loser says that’s the way it’s always been done. A winner says there ought to be a better way.
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Enemies, as well as lovers, come to resemble each other over a period of time.
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As the horsepower in modern automobiles steadily rises, the congestion of traffic steadily lowers the average possible speed of your car. This is known as Progress.
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If you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the problem, but the perpetual human predicament is that the answer soon poses its own problems.
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Middle Age is that perplexing time of life when we hear two voices calling us, one saying, ‘Why not?’ and the other, ‘Why bother?’
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