The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.
In a rational society we would want our presidents to be teachers. – In our actual society we insist they be cheerleaders.
That rifle on the wall of the labourer’s cottage or working class flat is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there.
Keep in mind my friend, if an answer is not rational, then it is not an answer, but a delusion.”
I am the master of my failure… If I never fail how will I ever learn.
I think that we must find some way to get more common sense, more rationality, in our decisions and less emotion.
I mean, you could claim that anything’s real if the only basis for believing in it is that nobody’s proved it doesn’t exist!
What could an entirely rational being speak of with another entirely rational being?
I am heartened to find so much wit in you, that you’d give thought to consequences and choose your way with reason, not passion only.
I think it is a mistake to judge science by Nobel Prizes.