"There's no doubt that scientific training helps many authors to write better science fiction. And yet, several of the very best were English majors who could not parse a differential equation to save their lives."

-- David Brin

#Writing Quotes #Doubt Quotes #Training Quotes

“[M]y wish is, that the Convention may adopt no temporizing expedient, but probe the defects of the Constitution [i.e., the Articles of Confederation] to the bottom, and provide radical cures.”
“The more we count the blessings we have, the less we crave the luxuries we haven't.”
“Much of the fire with him [Ben Hogan] was lit by Byron Nelson, who came from the same town - the same caddie yard - and achieved fame and fortune several years ahead of Ben and who, as a kid, had always been popular and better liked than Ben. No puzzle at all.”
“I have an office in my house and one about five minutes from my house. I worked solely out of my house for many years, but find, with children, that I have to be in a different ZIP code to think.”
“To disarm a zealot, teach him truth by precept, and mildness by example.”
“It just happened. As though a moment comes when it's both necessary and natural to make a decision that has long since been made.”
“What has ever threatened our liberty and prosperity save and except this institution of Slavery?”
“Slow down and remember this: Most things make no difference. Being busy is a form of mental laziness-lazy thinking and indiscriminate action.”

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