Occupation: Writer Birth: January 9, 1890 Death: December 25, 1938
If dogs could talk, perhaps we would find it as hard to get along with them as we do with people..
A guy wanted the vet to cut his dog's tail off. The vet asked why. Well, my mother in law is visiting next month and I want to eliminate any possible….
Much melancholy has devolved upon mankind, and it is detestable to me that might will triumph in the end....
Among human beings, a cat is merely a cat; among cats, a cat is a prowling shadow in a jungle..
Art must not serve might..
The sole perfection which modern civilization attains is a mechanical one; machines are splendid and flawless, but the life which serves them or is s….
A short life is better for mankind, for a long life would deprive man of his optimism..
It's not possible to search for God using the methods of a detective... There is no way. You can only wait till God's axe severs your roots: then you….
Quite obviously a cat trusts human beings; but she doesn't trust another cat because she knows better than we do..
Nothing is stranger to man than his own image..
Everyone has the best of feelings towards mankind in general, but not towards the individual man. We'll kill men, but we want to save mankind. And th….
Robots of the world, you are ordered to exterminate the human race. Do not spare the men. Do not spare the women. Preserve only the factories, railro….
Be these people either Conservatives or Socialists, Yellows or Reds, the most important thing is - and that is the point I want to stress - that all ….
Let no one think that real gardening is a bucolic and meditative occupation. It is an insatiable passion, like everything else to which a man gives h….
There came into the world an unlimited abundance of everything people need. But people need everything except unlimited abundance..
My dear Miss Glory, Robots are not people. They are mechanically more perfect than we are, they have an astounding intellectual capacity, but they ha….
While we only look at Nature it is fair to say that Autumn is the end of the year; but it is still more true that Autumn is the beginning of the year….
It suddenly occurred to me that every move on the chessboard is old and has been played by somebody at some time. Maybe our own history has been play….
One never knows whether people have principles on principle or whether for their own personal satisfaction..
I find that a real gardener is not a man who cultivates flowers; he is a man who cultivates the soil. He is a creature who digs himself into the ear….
Only years of practice will teach you the mysteries and bold certainty of a real gardener, who treads at random, yet tramples on nothing..