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All Quotes Collection
"I think now I'm up to something like 85 different titles that I've published."
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"I think that somebody with the resources and innovation and the idea is going to come out of nowhere and come up with a successful space travel program."
46
"I wanted the feel in these books to be like an epic fantasy, with kings, queens, dukes and court politics, but of course like what I was explaining before, about making the science make sense, you have to make the politics make sense, too."
46
"Art is an experience, not the formulation of a problem."
17
"I defied nothing at all. I ignored the law because I didn't know it existed. It didn't occur to me that anyone would want to curb my inspiration."
39
"I have always fought for ideas - until I learned that it isn't ideas but grief, struggle, and flashes of vision which enlighten."
43
"Life for me has been exactly what I thought it would be, a cake, which I have eaten and had too."
46
"It is rarely that you see an American writer who is not hopelessly sane."
42
"Intellectuals are too sentimental for me."
49
"Self-preservation is the first responsibility."
49
"I was as repelled by the French as I was attracted by their country."
43
"It's a great view from here. I'm having the time of my life."
83
"Science was something that really caught my attention. It was something I really could sink my teeth into."
76
"If you want something that's going to provide you with a lot of challenges and a variety of different things to do, then you really can't beat a place like the Air Force. I don't mean this to sound like a recruiting pitch. But it's been a lot of fun."
52
"When you launch in a rocket, you're not really flying that rocket. You're just sort of hanging on."
71
"I went to the University of Washington as a physics and astronomy major. My other interest, of course, was aviation. I always wanted to be a pilot. And if you're going to fly airplanes, the best place to be is the Air Force."
64
"Clinton used to like to get out of the White House a lot. He would take night trips to McDonald's, and stuff like that. I think he wanted to get out of the house."
28
"I'll rebel against powers and principalities, all the time. Always, I will."
40
"In Harvest of Stars, there is this notion, not original with me of course, that it will become possible to download at least the basic aspects of a human personality into a machine program."
37
"I have yet to see any problem, however complicated, which, when looked at in the right way did not become still more complicated."
74
"I wrote the first book, Harvest of Stars, and as I was writing it, I saw that certain implications had barely been touched on... It's perfectly obvious that two completely revolutionary things are going on, with cybernetics, and biological science."
42
"The mission of the playwright is to look in his heart and write, to write whatever concerns him at the moment; to write with passion and conviction. Of course the measure of the man will be the measure of the play."
48
"That in the beginning when the world was young there were a great many thoughts but no such thing as truth. Man made the truths himself and each truth was a composite of a great many vague thoughts. All about in the world were truths and they were all beautiful."
20
"You give us the pitching some of these clubs have and no one could touch us, but God has a way of not arranging that, because it's not as much fun."
32
"The players make the manager, it's never the other way."
40
"The only thing I believe is this: A player does not have to like a manager and he does not have to respect a manager. All he has to do is obey the rules."
45
"The only reason I'm coming out here tomorrow is the schedule says I have to."
44
"Success is the person who year after year reaches the highest limits in his field."
41
"Players have two things to do. Play and keep their mouths shut."
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