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" A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value. "

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" The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...' "

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" No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be. "

" It takes more than capital to swing business. You've got to have the A. I. D. degree to get by - Advertising, Initiative, and Dynamics. "

" He had read much, if one considers his long life; but his contemplation was much more than his reading. He was wont to say that if he had read as much as other men he should have known no more than other men. "

" It is change, continuing change, inevitable change, that is the dominant factor in society today. No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be. "

" There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge. "

" Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and working smoothly, it is completely honest. "

" Dalton's records, carefully preserved for a century, were destroyed during the World War II bombing of Manchester. It is not only the living who are killed in war. "

" If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them. "

" Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent. "

" The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing. "

" Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is. "

" I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them. "

" If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn't brood. I'd type a little faster. "

" Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers. "

" Science fiction writers foresee the inevitable, and although problems and catastrophes may be inevitable, solutions are not. "

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" From my close observation of writers... they fall into two groups: 1) those who bleed copiously and visibly at any bad review, and 2) those who bleed copiously and secretly at any bad review. "

" To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today. "

" To insult someone we call him 'bestial. For deliberate cruelty and nature, 'human' might be the greater insult. "

" Humanity has the stars in its future, and that future is too important to be lost under the burden of juvenile folly and ignorant superstition. "

" I write for the same reason I breathe - because if I didn't, I would die. "

" It is not only the living who are killed in war. "

" People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do. "

" I don't expect to live forever, but I do intend to hang on as long as possible. "

" All sorts of computer errors are now turning up. You'd be surprised to know the number of doctors who claim they are treating pregnant men. "

" There is a single light of science, and to brighten it anywhere is to brighten it everywhere. "

" John Dalton's records, carefully preserved for a century, were destroyed during the World War II bombing of Manchester. It is not only the living who are killed in war. "