“As it turned out, Spruance was able both to revitalize the War College and to relax while doing it, owing to his ability to get other people to do the work for him.”
― The Quiet Warrior: A Biography of Admiral Raymond A. Spruance
― The Quiet Warrior: A Biography of Admiral Raymond A. Spruance
“A credit card is a leash around your neck. In the world of credit cards a person has no privacy…or at best protects her privacy only with great effort and much chicanery. Besides that, do you ever know what the computer network is doing when you poke your card into a slot? I don’t. I feel much safer with cash. I’ve never heard of anyone who had much luck arguing with a computer. It seems to me that credit cards are a curse. But I’m not human and probably lack the human viewpoint (in this as in so many, many other things).”
― Friday
― Friday
“The laws of classical physics are statistical; the unpredictable, individual atom enjoys free will....”
― Star Bridge
― Star Bridge
“Boss, the only thing that bothers me is insomnia during working hours. I can’t sleep at my desk the way I used to.”
― The Star Beast
― The Star Beast
“Get a shot off fast. This upsets him long enough to let you make your second shot perfect.”
― Time Enough for Love
― Time Enough for Love
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