“Slow up! I don’t ‘believe’ in anything. I know certain things—little things, not the Nine Billion Names of God—from experience. But I have *no* beliefs. Belief gets in the way of learning.” Lazarus Long, Time Enough For Love, Prelude II, Robert A. Heinlein, 1973.
BRITANNIUS (shocked):Caesar, This is not proper.THEODOTUS (outraged):How?CAESAR (recovering his self-posession):Pardon him, Theodotus: He is a barbarian, andthinks that the customs of his tribe and islandare laws of nature.Caesar and Cleopatra, ACT II—George Bernard Shaw
How on earth does a guy with this much disposable income manage to not pay the housekeeper on time *or* even mop a floor to maintain a property in the city he lives in. Send him back to his mom; he’s broken. Ishie Bay on Facebook.
...than is walking the dog twice a day the “life’ of of a man who bosses a planet-wide corporation between those walks—even though to a being from Arcturus III those walks might seem to be the tycoon’s most significant activity — as a slave to the dog.
Editorial comment. Stranger in a Strange Land. Robert A. Heinlein. 1961.
We are here to awaken from our illusion of separateness.Thích Nhất Hạnh
There is no such thing as luck; there is only adequate or inadequate preparation to cope with a statistical universe. Dr. Samuel C. Russell. Have Space Suit Will Travel, Robert A. Heinlein, 1958.
Toledo is where you find Velveeta on the gourmet counter at the supermarket. Gael Greene, Restaurant Critic.
“Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.” – George Carlin
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