Man studied birds for centuries, trying to learn how to make a machine to fly like them. He never did do the trick; his final success came when he broke away entirely and tried new methods.
History does not always repeat itself. Sometimes it just yells, 'Can't you remember anything I told you?' and lets fly with a club. - John W. Campbell
History does not always repeat itself. Sometimes it just yells, 'Can't you remember anything I told you?' and lets fly with a club.
- John W. Campbell
Pioneering basically amounts to finding new and more horrible ways to die - John W. Campbell
Pioneering basically amounts to finding new and more horrible ways to die
There's nothing quite so stultifying as having someone around who has all the answers-and gives them to you. - John W. Campbell
There's nothing quite so stultifying as having someone around who has all the answers-and gives them to you.
No literature is sound, no philosophy of action workable, if it doesn't take a hard look at itself. - John W. Campbell
No literature is sound, no philosophy of action workable, if it doesn't take a hard look at itself.
It was the law that if a white man was caught trying to educate a Negro slave, he was liable to prosecution entailing a fine of fifty dollars and a j… - John W. Campbell
It was the law that if a white man was caught trying to educate a Negro slave, he was liable to prosecution entailing a fine of fifty dollars and a j…
Immunity corrupts; absolute immunity corrupts absolutely. - John W. Campbell
Immunity corrupts; absolute immunity corrupts absolutely.
Never accept the initial premise of the opposition. - John W. Campbell
Never accept the initial premise of the opposition.
Editors never buy manuscripts that are left on the closet shelf at home. - John W. Campbell
Editors never buy manuscripts that are left on the closet shelf at home.
Generally, a desirable, practically attainable idea, suggested in prophecy, has a chance of forcing itself into reality by its very existence. - John W. Campbell
Generally, a desirable, practically attainable idea, suggested in prophecy, has a chance of forcing itself into reality by its very existence.
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