as the mass of mankind remains always at about the same pitch of misery, it never assents long to any one remedy, but is always best pleased by a novelty, which has not yet proved illusive.
“I’d hear guys bragging about their new Gulfstream IV or IV-SP, and then I’d get to say, “That’s great, guys. Let me talk about my 747 . . .” It was a great conversation stopper.”
― Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story
― Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story
“AS A chemist, Vogel knew how to make a bomb. In fact, much of his training was to avoid making them by mistake.”
― The Martian
― The Martian
“All these kings would do a deal better if they would put down their swords and listen to their mothers.”
― A Storm of Swords
― A Storm of Swords
“An ignorant mind is precisely not a spotless, empty vessel, but one that’s filled with the clutter of irrelevant or misleading life experiences, theories, facts, intuitions, strategies, algorithms, heuristics, metaphors, and hunches that regrettably have the look and feel of useful and accurate knowledge.”
― The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe: How to Know What's Really Real in a World Increasingly Full of Fake
― The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe: How to Know What's Really Real in a World Increasingly Full of Fake
“Programs must be written for people to read, and only incidentally for machines to execute.”
― Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
― Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
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