"Therefore, no matter how the world makes out in the next few centuries, a large class of readers at least will not be too surprised at anything. They will have been through it all before in fictional form, and will not be too paralyzed with astonishment to try to cope with contingencies as they arise."

-- L. Sprague de Camp

#Class Quotes #Trying Quotes #World Quotes

“There is no better form of trade a developing nation can engage in than to sell services provided by an educated population.”
“All right then," said the Savage defiantly, "I'm claiming the right to be unhappy.”
“One thing we said as an offense is we want to start games fast ... we want the other team to play catch-up to us.”
“Tomorrow is the only day in the year that appeals to a lazy man.”
“Both [Nikola] Tesla and [Leon] Theremin were preternaturally young. I mean, for a long time Tesla was a young man well into his 70s. And so was Theremin, even though, at the end, he looked pretty old. But he was still doing things that young guys do, beyond the time you'd normally think people should be doing that stuff.”
“Ronan Lynch lived with every sort of secret.”
“Concentration is my motto - first honesty, then industry, then concentration.”
“As reforms have come into India, as India has started opening up, prosperity is increasing, as is demand for urban housing.”

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