"Life on earth is hard. Competition for the necessities of life is fierce. How ridiculous to believe that the law of harsh survival would not be true elsewhere, or that it would be negated by the progress of technology in an advanced civilization..."

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Source : Greg Bear (2014). “The Forge of God”, p.246, Open Road Media

Greg Bear

#Believe Quotes #Technology Quotes #Civilization Quotes

“No man can be a good citizen unless he has a wage more than sufficient to cover the bare cost of living, and hours of labor short enough so after his day's work is done he will have time and energy to bear his share in the management of the community, to help in carrying the general load.”
“The first and foremost requisite of a good football player is that he must have a burning desire to play the game. There is absolutely no substitute for this.”

Source : Frank Leahy (1949). “Notre Dame Football: The T Formation”
“The strange anthropological lesson of social media is that human beings, if given a choice, often prefer to socialise alone.”
“All those football coaches who hold dressing-room prayers before a game should be forced to attend church once a week.”
“Life is fits and starts, mostly fits.”
“A School Library is Like the Bat Cave: it's a safe fortress in a chaotic world, a source of knowledge and the lair of a superhero.”
“Printer's ink, when it spells out a doctor's promise to cure, is one of the subtlest and most dangerous of poisons.”

Source : Samuel Hopkins Adams (1912). “The Great American fraud”
“Video marketing is the most effective way for you to get someone's attention and engage them for a substantial period of time. Keeping someone engaged is the best and quickest way to gain their trust. Gaining trust is the only way to convert your audience into happy, long-term clients/customers/subscribers.”

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