Writing my own novels in the ’90s…I never imagined that in ten years, science and rationality would require explanation and defense in a world rocked and ruled by religious fervor.
You can never be overdressed or overeducated.
The first rule is not to lose. The second rule is not to forget the first rule.
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!
I haven’t failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.
All real philosophers have been artists in the realm of concepts.
Rationality attracts conscientious humans, whereas mysticism attracts fools.
An optimist believes we live in the best possible of worlds.- A pessimist fears that this is true.
An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.
The test of a first rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.