If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them. |
If the doctor told me I had six minutes to live, I'd type a little faster. |
In 1936, I first wrote science fiction. It was a long-winded attempt at writing an endless novel...which died. I remember one sentence, "Whole forests stood sere and brown in midsummer". |
In life, unlike chess, the game continues after checkmate |
Individual science fiction stories may seem as trivial as ever to the blinder critics and philosophers of today -- but the core of science fiction, its essence has become crucial to our salvation if we are to be saved at all. |
It has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly |
It is a curious fact that innumerable readers have asked me if I wrote this story. They seem never to remember the title of the story or (for sure) the author, except for the vague thought it might be me. But, of course, they never forget the story itself, especially the ending. The idea seems to drown out everything else - and I'm satisfied that it should. |
It is change, continuing change, inevitable change, that is the dominant factor in society today. No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be. |
It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety. |
It seems to me that God is a convenient invention of the human mind |
It takes more than capital to swing business. You've got to have the A. I. D. degree to get by - Advertising, Initiative, and Dynamics. |
It's not so much what you have to learn if you accept weird theories, it's what you have to unlearn |
John Dalton's records, carefully preserved for a century, were destroyed during the World War II bombing of Manchester. It is not only the living who are killed in war. |
Jokes of the proper kind, properly told, can do more to enlighten questions of politics, philosophy, and literature than any number of dull arguments. |
Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome. |