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- Historically, the claim of consensus has been the first refuge of scoundrels; it is a way to avoid debate by claiming that the matter is already settled.
- Michael Crichton (1942 - 2008), Caltech Michelin Lecture, January 17, 2003
- The greater the ignorance the greater the dogmatism.
- Sir William Osler (1849 - 1919)
- As I grow older , I regret to say that a detestable habit of thinking seems to be getting a hold of me.
- H. Rider Haggard (1856 - 1925), King Solomon's Mines
- Today's scientists have substituted mathematics for experiments, and they wander off through equation after equation, and eventually build a structure which has no relation to reality.
- Nikola Tesla (1857 - 1943), Modern Mechanics and Inventions, July, 1934
- The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane.
- Nikola Tesla (1857 - 1943), Modern Mechanics and Inventions. July, 1934
- I'm a godmother, that's a great thing to be, a godmother. She calls me god for short, that's cute, I taught her that.
- Ellen DeGeneres, My Point and I Do Have One
- In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
- George Orwell (1903 - 1950)
- Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance.
- Kurt Vonnegut (1922 - 2007), Hocus Pocus
- I myself am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions.
- Augusten Burroughs, Magical Thinking
- He attacked everything in life with a mix of extraordinary genius and naive incompetence, and it was often difficult to tell which was which.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
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