Imagination, without a problem to work at, is dull. It does almost nothing but graft characteristics of one thing onto another; centaurs, gorgons, mermaids, and unicorns are its typical products.
Jul 222022
Jul 212022
Grievances are often not merely nursed but cherished, and a great many people, deprived of theirs, would be nothing at all.
Jul 202022
Enforced unanimity about important matters provokes violent disagreements over trivia.
Jul 192022
The first rule of lying is never deviate from the facts.
Jul 182022
Science is like the best athlete in gym class — nobody really likes him, but everybody wants him on his team.
Jul 152022
People are divided less by what they believe than by how intensely they believe it.
Jul 142022
We are subject, when we change our mind, to exactly the same errors as when we make it up in the first place.
Jul 132022
Everyone believes in natural ability, except the naturally able.
Jul 122022
Just about every motive for human action sounds better than making money, and turns out worse.
Jul 112022
A salesman, unlike a psychology professor, must understand psychology.