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- The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty; not knowing what comes next.
- Ursula K. LeGuin
- Nobody got anywhere in the world by simply being content.
- Louis L'Amour (1908 - 1988)
- My definition of an expert in any field is a person who knows enough about what's really going on to be scared.
- P. J. Plauger, Computer Language, March 1983
- There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
- A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them.
- P. J. O'Rourke (1947 - )
- Acceptance without proof is the fundamental characteristic of Western religion, rejection without proof is the fundamental characteristic of Western science.
- Gary Zukav, "The Dancing Wu Li Masters"
- When a person can no longer laugh at himself, it is time for others to laugh at him.
- Thomas Szasz, "The Second Sin"
- If you stay in Beverly Hills too long you become a Mercedes.
- Robert Redford (1937 - )
- I believe that every human has a finite number of heart-beats. I don't intend to waste any of mine running around doing exercises.
- Buzz Aldrin (1930 - )
- I maintain there is much more wonder in science than in pseudoscience. And in addition, to whatever measure this term has any meaning, science has the additional virtue, and it is not an inconsiderable one, of being true.
- Carl Sagan (1934 - 1996)
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