What are the facts? Again and again and again – what are the facts? Shun wishful thinking, ignore divine revelation, forget what ‘the stars foretell,’ avoid opinion, care not what the neighbors think, never mind the unguessable ‘verdict of history’ – what are the facts, and to how many decimal places? You pilot always into […]
Robert A. Heinlein Quotes
If it can’t be expressed in figures, it is not science; it is opinion.
Age does not bring wisdom but it does give perspective… and the saddest perspective of all is to see far, far behind you, the temptations you’ve passed up.
Obscurity is the refuge of incompetence.
Of all the strange crimes that humanity has legislated out of nothing, blasphemy is the most amazing – with obscenity and indecent exposure fighting it out for second and third place.
The truth of a proposition has nothing to do with its credibility. And vice versa.
So learn to say No – and to be rude about it when necessary. Otherwise you will not have time to carry out your duty, or to do your own work, and certainly no time for love and happiness. The termites will nibble away your life and leave none of it for you. (This rule […]
Never listen to newscasts. Saves wear and tear on the nervous system.
Political tags – such as royalist, communist, democrat, populist, fascist, liberal, conservative, and so forth – are never basic criteria. The human race is divided into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire. The former are idealists acting from the highest motives for the greatest good of the […]
There are hidden contradictions in the minds of people who “love Nature” while deploring the “artificialities” with which “Man has spoiled ‘Nature.'” The obvious contradiction lies in their choice of words, which imply that Man and his artifacts are not part of “Nature” – but beavers and their dams are. But the contradictions go deeper […]
