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"Oh, I have strong opinions, but a thousand reasoned opinions are never equal to one case of diving in and finding out. Galileo proved that and it may be the only certainty we have."
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Time Enough for Love"The difference between science and the fuzzy subjects is that science requires reasoning, while those other subjects merely require scholarship."
Time Enough for Love is a science fiction novel by American writer Robert A. Heinlein, first published in 1973. The book made the shortlist for the Nebula, Hugo and Locus awards for best science fiction novel of that year, although it did not win. It did win a retrospective Libertarian Futurist Society award: the Prometheus Hall of Fame award for 1988.
"Oh, I have strong opinions, but a thousand reasoned opinions are never equal to one case of diving in and finding out. Galileo proved that and it may be the only certainty we have."
"Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig."
"There’s no virtue in being old, it just takes a long time."
"“Common sense?” “Son, that phrase is self-contradictory. ‘Sense’ is never ‘common.’”"
"Lazarus expressed a rhetorical and physiologically improbable wish."
"Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors — and miss."