(34 quotes found)
“Everything is theoretically impossible, until it is done. One could write a history of science in reverse by assembling the solemn pronouncements of highest authority about what could not be done and could never happen.”
Robert Heinlein
“Always listen to experts. They'll tell you what can't be done and why. Then do it.”
“I've found out why people laugh. They laugh because it hurts... because it's the only thing that'll make it stop hurting.”
“When one teaches, two learn.”
“Human beings hardly ever learn from the experience of others. They learn; when they do, which isn't often, on their own, the hard way.”
“Never try to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and it annoys the pig.”
“Learning isn't a means to an end; it is an end in itself.”
“When any government, or church for that matter, undertakes to say to it's subjects, this you may not read, this you must not see, this you are forbidden to know the end result is tyranny and oppression, no matter how holy the motive.”
“Never frighten a little man. He'll kill you.”
“History does not record anywhere at any time a religion that has any rational basis. Religion is a crutch for people not strong enough to stand up to the unknown without help. But, like dandruff, most people do have a religion and spend time and mo”
