"Too darned good a machine can be a menace, not a help."

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Source : John W. Campbell (2011). “Cloak of Aesir”, p.6, Hachette UK

John W. Campbell

#Machines Quotes #Statistics Quotes #Helping Quotes

“Not everything comes along just when you want it. There are times when choices just have to be made or you'll simply miss out.”
“There are no American infidels in Baghdad. Never!”
“A man does a lot of praying in an enemy prison. Prayer, even more than sheer thought, is the firmest anchor.”
“According to Islamic principles, when a man is accused of heresy, he is given the choice between repentance and punishment.”
“It is important to learn from other women. We have a lot to offer and to learn from each other out of our separate and common experience. The sisterhood (including the boilers - the old chooks!) is important to me. The dialogue between women is a rich field, but change does not come without a lot of reading, asking, listening, risk taking and hard work.”
“You know, 10 years ago I never thought I'd be in this position. It's a dream and I don't even know if I dreamed this big.”
“The things that I have loved have always been those extremes where there has been some kind of apocalypse in the person's life, and they come out unscathed or scathed.”

Source : "Indie author Scott McClanahan considers art and anecdote through 5 of his favorite books". Interview with Phil McCausland, www.avclub.com. July 20, 2016.
“Because of my parents' love of democracy, we came to America after being driven twice from our home in Czechoslovakia - first by Hitler and then by Stalin.”

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