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  • #1
    Isaac Asimov
    “There is nothing frightening about an eternal dreamless sleep. Surely it is better than eternal torment in Hell and eternal boredom in Heaven.”
    Issac Asimov

  • #2
    Isaac Asimov
    “The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds the most discoveries, is not "Eureka!" (I found it!) but 'That's funny...”
    Isaac Asimov

  • #3
    Isaac Asimov
    “My feeling is, quite simply, that if there is a God, He has done such a bad job
    that he isn't worth discussing.”
    Isaac Asimov

  • #4
    Isaac Asimov
    “It was childish to feel disappointed, but childishness comes almost as naturally to a man as to a child.”
    Isaac Asimov, Foundation

  • #5
    Jim Henson
    “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye.”
    Jim Henson

  • #6
    Robert A. Heinlein
    “I've found out why people laugh. They laugh because it hurts so much . . . because it's the only thing that'll make it stop hurting.”
    Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land

  • #7
    Robert A. Heinlein
    “Everything in excess! To enjoy the flavor of life, take big bites. Moderation is for monks.”
    Robert A. Heinlein, Time Enough for Love

  • #8
    Robert A. Heinlein
    “Take sides! Always take sides! You will sometimes be wrong - but the man who refuses to take sides must always be wrong.”
    Robert A. Heinlein, Double Star

  • #9
    Robert A. Heinlein
    “God created men to test the souls of women.”
    Robert A. Heinlein, Job: A Comedy of Justice

  • #10
    Robert A. Heinlein
    “Ignorance is curable, stupid is forever.”
    Robert A. Heinlein

  • #11
    Robert A. Heinlein
    “Take big bites. Anything worth doing is worth overdoing.”
    Robert A. Heinlein, Time Enough for Love

  • #12
    Robert A. Heinlein
    “If a thing's worth doing, it's worth overdoing. (Lazarus Long)”
    Robert Heinlein

  • #13
    Robert A. Heinlein
    “There are no dangerous weapons; there are only dangerous men.”
    Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers

  • #14
    Robert A. Heinlein
    “An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.”
    Robert A. Heinlein, Beyond This Horizon

  • #15
    Robert A. Heinlein
    “A community where everyone is a ruthless murderer, with handy access to death-dealing devices, is a very polite community.”
    Robert Heinlein, Time Enough for Love

  • #16
    Robert A. Heinlein
    “Rub her feet!”
    Robert A. Heinlein

  • #17
    Anne McCaffrey
    “Step by step
    Moment by moment
    We live through
    Another day”
    Anne McCaffrey, Dragon Harper

  • #18
    Anne McCaffrey
    “To cry was to release all sorts of ugly little pressures and tensions. Like waking out of a long, dark dream to a sun-filled day.”
    Anne McCaffrey, Nerilka's Story

  • #19
    Anne McCaffrey
    “Who wills, Can.
    Who tries, Does.
    Who loves, Lives.”
    Anne McCaffrey

  • #20
    William Goldman
    “Do I love you? My God, if your love were a grain of sand, mine would be a universe of beaches.”
    William Goldman, The Princess Bride

  • #21
    William Goldman
    “Who are you?"
    "No one of consequence."
    "I must know."
    "Get used to disappointment.”
    William Goldman, The Princess Bride

  • #22
    Isaac Asimov
    “Tell me why the stars do shine,
    Tell me why the ivy twines,
    Tell me what makes skies so blue,
    And I'll tell you why I love you.

    Nuclear fusion makes stars to shine,
    Tropisms make the ivy twine,
    Raleigh scattering make skies so blue,
    Testicular hormones are why I love you. ”
    Isaac Asimov

  • #23
    Isaac Asimov
    “It is the obvious which is so difficult to see most of the time. People say 'It's as plain as the nose on your face.' But how much of the nose on your face can you see, unless someone holds a mirror up to you?”
    Isaac Asimov, I, Robot

  • #24
    Isaac Asimov
    “Intelligence is an accident of evolution, and not necessarily an advantage.”
    Isaac Asimov

  • #25
    Isaac Asimov
    “All evil is good become cancerous.”
    Isaac Asimov

  • #26
    Isaac Asimov
    “People think of education as something they can finish.”
    Isaac Asimov

  • #27
    Isaac Asimov
    “The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing.”
    Isaac Asimov

  • #28
    Isaac Asimov
    “Of course there are worlds. Millions of them! Every star you see has worlds, and most of those you don't see.”
    Isaac Asimov, Pebble in the Sky
    tags: space

  • #29
    Robert A. Heinlein
    “Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something.”
    Robert Heinlein

  • #30
    Robert A. Heinlein
    “Sex, whatever else it is, is an athletic skill. The more you practice, the more you can, the more you want to, the more you enjoy it, the less it tires you.”
    Robert A. Heinlein, The Cat Who Walks Through Walls



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