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Sarcastic Science, she would like to know,_x000D__x000D_In her complacent ministry of fear,_x000D__x000D_How we propose to get away from here_x000D__x000D_When she has made things so we have to go_x000D__x000D_Or be wiped out. Will she be asked to show_x000D__x000D_Us how by rocket we may hope to steer_x000D__x000D_To some star off there, say, a half light-year_x000D__x000D_Through temperature of absolute zero?_x000D__x000D_Why wait for Science to supply the how_x000D__x000D_When any amateur can tell it now?_x000D__x000D_The way to go away should be the same_x000D__x000D_As fifty million years ago we came-_x000D__x000D_If anyone remembers how that was_x000D__x000D_I have a theory, but it hardly does.

Aristotle discovered all the half-truths which were necessary to the creation of science.

Half of science is putting forth the right questions.

Mr. Lyell's system of geology is just half the truth, and no more. He affirms a great deal that is true, and he denies a great deal which is equally true; which is the general characteristic of all systems not embracing the whole truth.

If you are resolutely determined to make a lawyer of yourself, the thing is more than half done already.

The leviathan state, that monster devouring civilization in this century, is in the throes of death. This is not a wish or a prediction, but a conclusion drawn from a broad look at the trends of the last decade and a half, which, if we take the right steps, can continue on into the next century. What has happened around the world - nations states collapsing, markets outwitting planners, citizens rising up against government masters - can and is happening here at home.

This country is a one-party country. Half of it is called Republican and half is called Democrat. It doesn't make any difference. All the really good ideas belong to the Libertarians.

The people who have achieved more than you, in any area, are only a half step ahead of you in time. Bless them and praise their gifts, and bless and praise your own. The world would be less rich without their contributions, and it would be less rich without yours. There's more than room for everyone; in fact, there's a need for everyone.

Even today, well-brought-up English girls are taught by their mothers to boil all veggies for at least a month and a half, just in case one of the dinner guests turns up without his teeth.

There's hope a great man's memory may outlive his life half a year.

It is the same in love as in war; a fortress that parleys is half taken.

While you are alone you are entirely your own master and if you have one companion you are but half your own, and the less so in proportion to the indiscretion of his behavior.

If half a century of living has taught me anything at all, it has taught me that nothing can bring you peace but yourself.

And I honor the man who is willing to sink half his present repute for the freedom to think, and, when he has thought, be his cause strong or weak, Will risk t' other half for the freedom to speak.

Every class of society has its cant of lamentation, which is understood or regarded by none but themselves; and every part of life has its uneasiness, which those who do not feel them will not commiserate. An event which spreads distraction over half the commercial world, assembles the trading companies in councils and committees, and shakes the nerves of a thousand stockjobbers, is read by the landlord and the farmer with frigid indifference.

What country before ever existed a century and a half without a rebellion? And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure.

I don't have half the nerves there that I have anywhere else.

It is dangerously destabilizing to have half the world on the cutting edge of technology while the other half struggles on the bare edge of survival.

A favor is half granted, when graciously refused.

32 grams raw, chop it in half, get 16. Double it times three, we got 48. Which mean a whole lot of cream. Divide the profit by four. Subtract it by eight. We back to 16.

Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.