“It is superfluous to be humble on one's own behalf; so many people are willing to do it for one.”
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“People have been marrying and bringing up children for centuries now. Nothing has ever come of it.”
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“The psychology of committees is a special case of the psychology of mobs.”
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“The human race's favorite method for being in control of facts is to ignore them.”
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“People having religions is an insult to the universe.”
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“Research is a way of taking calculated risks to bring about incalculable consequences.”
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“One of the greatest superstitions of our time is the belief that it has none.”
“The way to do research is to attack the facts at the point of greatest astonishment.”
“The remarkable thing about the human mind is its range of limitations.”
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“Only the impossible is worth attempting. In everything else one is sure to fail.”
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“People accept their limitations so as to prevent themselves from wanting anything they might get.”
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“I cannot write long books; I leave that for those who have nothing to say.”
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