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“ Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.”
Isaac Asimov
“ Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers”
Isaac Asimov
“Don't try to solve serious matters in the middle of the night.”
Philip Kindred Dick
“Drug misuse is not a disease, it is a decision, like the decision to step out in front of a moving car. You would call that not a disease but an error of judgment.”
Philip Kindred Dick
“It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane.”
Philip Kindred Dick
“The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words.”
Philip Kindred Dick
“The trouble with being educated is that it takes a long time; it uses up the better part of your life and when you are finished what you know is that you would have benefited more by going into banking.”
Philip Kindred Dick
“ A society that gets rid of all its troublemakers goes downhill.”
Robert Anson Heinlein
“ Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors... and miss.”
Robert Anson Heinlein
“ Being right too soon is socially unacceptable.”
Robert Anson Heinlein
“ Don't handicap your children by making their lives easy.”
Robert Anson Heinlein
“Everything is theoretically impossible, until it is done.”
Robert Anson Heinlein
“ I never learned from a man who agreed with me.”
Robert Anson Heinlein
“ Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own... Jealousy is a disease, love is a healthy condition. The immature mind often mistakes one for the other, or assumes that the greater the love, the greater the jealousy.”
Robert Anson Heinlein
“ May you live as long as you wish and love as long as you live.”
Robert Anson Heinlein
“ Never insult anyone by accident.”
Robert Anson Heinlein
“ Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.”
Robert Anson Heinlein
“ One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others.”
Robert Anson Heinlein
“ Sex without love is merely healthy exercise.”
Robert Anson Heinlein
“The supreme irony of life is that hardly anyone gets out of it alive.”
Robert Anson Heinlein
“ The universe never did make sense; I suspect it was built on government contract.”
Robert Anson Heinlein
“ They didn't want it good, they wanted it Wednesday.”
Robert Anson Heinlein
“ Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.”
Robert Anson Heinlein
“ Writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of, but do it in private and wash your hands afterwards.”
Robert Anson Heinlein
“ I do think that short story writing is often a matter of luck.”
Robert Sheckley
“ I knew I was doing something right because it was selling so I didn't want to interfere with it.”
Robert Sheckley
“ Once you find you can't walk as far and as fast as you were able, life becomes more complicated.”
Robert Sheckley
“ Science fiction is very healthy in its form.”
Robert Sheckley
“ A dream will always triumph over reality, once it is given the chance.”
Stanislaw Lem
“ Cannibals prefer those who have no spines.”
Stanislaw Lem