"if you can't keep him interested, that's your fault."

-- Walter Isaacson

“Many of us crucify ourselves between two thieves - regret for the past and fear of the future.”
“Can I remember "I remember lots," I say. How much of what I remember is true is another matter.”

Source : Charles Stross (2006). “Glasshouse”, p.193, Penguin
“The man who has ceased to learn ought not to be allowed to wander around loose in these dangerous days.”
“The work of a science blogger is largely comprised of correcting and criticizing bad science news reporting.”
“I'm very much aware in the writing of dialogue, or even in the narrative too, of a rhythm. There has to be a rhythm with it â€¦ Interviewers have said, you like jazz, donâ€™t you? Because we can hear it in your writing. And I thought that was a compliment.”
“To us all, life is a gift, liberty is a right, and the pursuit of happiness is the object supreme. But our conduct in the pursuit differs in accordance with the measure of justice we uphold. A common measure is only possible when we begin to understand and learn to appreciate each other's point of view and point of direction.”
“And I repeat: if there is anything that can divert the land of my birth from its current stampede into the Stone Age, it is the widespread dissemination of the thoughts and perceptions that Robert Heinlein has been selling as entertainment since 1939.”
“Learning is just remembering slowly, like simmer coming to boil.”

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