Monday, May 15, 2006
Best Things Said
Isaac Asimov
Kurt Vonnegut:
Sirens of Titan
“People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.”
“Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know - and yet not wise enough to control our learning and knowledge, so that we use it to destroy ourselves? Even if that is so, knowledge remains better than ignorance.”
“The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.”
“Humanity has the stars in its future, and that future is too important to be lost under the burden of juvenile folly and ignorant superstition”
“Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.”
“I am the beneficiary of a lucky break in the genetic sweepstakes.”
Kurt Vonnegut:
Sirens of Titan
“Sometimes I think it is a great mistake to have matter that can think and feel. It complains so. By the same token, though, I suppose that boulders and mountains and moons could be accused of being a little too phlegmatic.”Other
“There is no reason why good cannot triumph as often as evil. The triumph of anything is a matter of organization. If there are such things as angels, I hope that they are organized along the lines of the Mafia.”
“The big trouble with dumb bastards is that they are too dumb to believe there is such a thing as being smart.”
“I was a victim of a series of accidents, as are we all.”
“True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.”
“I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all the kinds of things you can't see from the center.”
“Be careful what you pretend to be because you are what you pretend to be.”
“The universe is a big place, perhaps the biggest.”
“and I'm whistling as beautifully as I can.”
“If people think nature is their friend, then they sure don't need an enemy.”
“The year was 2081, and everyone was finally equal.”
“Bush used that line recently. I should sue him for plagiarism.”
