Occupation: Science Writer Birth: July 7, 1907 Death: May 8, 1988
Money is truthful. If a man speaks of his honor, make him pay cash..
If you've got the truth you can demonstrate it. Talking doesn't prove it..
Always cut the cards...and smile when you lose..
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed. - S….
Aside from a cold appreciation of my own genius I felt that I was a modest man..
From somewhere, back in my youth, heard Prof say, 'Manuel, when faced with a problem you do not understand, do any part of it you do understand, then….
Being sorry won't get you into heaven. Get happy, son. Get that old spring into your step and stay on your toes..
In ascending order the qualities of Patriotism are: 1. To work, fight, or die for your own survival. 2. To work, fight, or die for your immediate fam….
A fake fortuneteller can be tolerated. But an authentic soothsayer should be shot on sight. Cassandra did not get half the kicking around she deserve….
How anybody expects a man to stay in business with every two-bit wowser in the country claiming a veto over what we can say and can't say and what we….
Hit it! You have to hit it harder than that. Electrons are timid little things but notional; you have to let them know who’s boss..
High Frontier places a bullet-proof vest on our bare chest. High Frontier is as non-aggressive as a bullet-proof vest. There is no way to kill anyone….
In this complex world, the scientific method, and the consequences of the scientific method are central to everything the human race is doing and to ….
A committee is the only known form of life with a hundred bellies and no brain..
There is no conclusive evidence of life after death, but there is no evidence of any sort against it. Soon enough you will know, so why fret about it?.
The more you love, the more you can love - and the more intensely you love..
Almost everything about a human creature is ridiculous, except its ability to suffer bravely and die gallantly for whatever it loves and believes in.….
In a dilemma, it is helpful to change any variable, then reexamine the problem..
The faith in which I was brought up assured me that I was better than other people; I was saved, they were damned.... Our hymns were loaded with arro….
One should not attend even the end of the world without a good breakfast..
If I had found out anything, it was that they could print it faster than I could study it..