“As a means of subsidizing lawyers the present nuclear regulation system is well designed - but is there not perhaps a cheaper way of rewarding legal diligence? It would probably be cheaper to give each law school graduate a guaranteed salary of $50,000 a year on the condition that he (or she) not practice law.” WayGivingYearsWellsMeanGovernmentSchoolLawPracticeConditionsLawyerNuclearGraduatesRegulationSalaryDiligenceCheaperLaw School Author:Jerry Pournelle
“We have for years been building a society in which everybody plunders everybody, and while we are weary of being plundered, we enjoy the plunder.” YearsEnjoyBuildingWearyPlunder Author:Jerry Pournelle
“It's not only possible, but likely that the Nobel Prize in economics will go in alternate years to people who disagree on nearly everything fundamental.” PeopleYearsEconomicsFundamentalsPrizeDisagreeNobelNobel Prize Author:Jerry Pournelle
“The Aztecs believe they started up in what's now New Mexico, and wandered for 10,000 years before they got down into where they are now, in Mexico City. That's a weird legend.” YearsBelieveCitiesLegendsMexicoNew MexicoMexico City Author:Jerry Pournelle
“Write a lot. And finish what you write. Don't join writer's clubs and go sit around having coffee reading pieces of your manuscript to people. Write it. Finish it. I set those rules up years ago, and nothing's changed.” PeopleWritingYearsReadingPiecesChangedYears AgoClubsCoffeeManuscripts Author:Jerry Pournelle
