Occupation: Science Writer Birth: July 7, 1907 Death: May 8, 1988
The greatest fallacy of democracy is that everyone's opinion is worth the same..
No statement should be believed because it is made by an authority..
If you wanted to teach a baby a lesson, would you cut its head off?.
Specialization is for insects... The race of man? He's a whole other creature..
Random chance was not a sufficient explanation of the Universe---in fact, random chance was not sufficient to explain random chance; the pot could no….
Random chance is not sufficient to explain random chance. ~Jubal Harshaw.
History is never surprising after it happens..
Nobody has ever seen an electron. Nor a thought. You can't see a thought, you can't measure, weigh, nor taste it- but thoughts are the most real thin….
Sin is cruelty and injustice, all else is peccadillo. Oh, a sense of sin comes from violating the customs of your tribe. But breaking custom is not s….
Waking a person unnecessarily should not be considered a capital crime. For a first offense, that is..
You do not truly own anything that you can't carry in both arms at a dead run.
Oh, you have to charge 'em, Jubal. The marks won't pay attention if it's free..
Never tease an old dog; he might have one bite left..
On two subjects the overwhelming majority of people regarded their own opinions as Absolute Truth, and sincerely believed that anyone who disagreed w….
There ain't no such thing as a free lunch." A Libertarian Movement slogan - The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, 1907..
You got the impression that he never needed to sleep - just ten-thousand-mile checkups and dust him off occasionally..
You have to give an editor something to change, or he gets fretful. After he pees in it, he likes the flavor better, so he buys it..
The average bloke . . . hates and fears all freedom, not only for others but for himself, and stamps it out wherever possible..
The Ten Commandments are for lame brains. The first five are solely for the benefit of the priests and the powers that be; the second five are half t….
Any group is weaker than a man alone unless they are perfectly trained to work together..
Stupidity is the only natural capital offense..