“I don’t like work–no man does–but I like what is in the work–the chance to find yourself. Your own reality–for yourself not for others–what no other man can ever know. They can only see the mere show, and never can tell what it really means.”
~ Joseph Conrad (born Józef Teodor Konrad Nałęcz Korzeniowski, 3 December 1857 – 3 August 1924)
Source: GoodReads
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“If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.”
~ C. S. Lewis (29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963)
Source: GoodReads
Reblogged with permission from: Some fun quotes from science fiction writers by Fr. Ernesto Obregon
— Arthur C. Clarke
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Corollary to Clarke’s First Law – When, however, the lay public rallies round an idea that is denounced by distinguished but elderly scientists and supports that idea with great fervor and emotion—the distinguished but elderly scientists are then, after all, probably right.
— Isaac Asimov
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Corollary to Clarke’s Third Law – Any sufficiently rigorously defined magic is indistinguishable from technology.
— Larry Niven
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Corollary to Niven’s Law – There is a technical, literary term for those who mistake the opinions and beliefs of characters in a novel for those of the author. The term is “idiot.”
— S. M. Stirling
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Clarke’s Second Law of Egodynamics – For every expert there is an equal and opposite expert.
— Arthur C. Clarke
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Finagle’s corollary to Murphy’s Law – Anything that can go wrong, will—at the worst possible moment.
— John W. Campbell, Jr.
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Hanlon’s Razor – Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.
— Robert J. Hanlon
[Note, however, that this law is considered a later development of Ingham’s Maxim — Many journalists have fallen for the conspiracy theory of government. I do assure you that they would produce more accurate work if they adhered to the cock-up theory. —Sir Bernard Ingham]
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“Science fiction is no more written for scientists than ghost stories are written for ghosts.”
~ Brian W. Aldiss
“To succeed, planning alone is insufficient. One must improvise as well.”
~ Isaac Asimov, Foundation
Source: Fantasy & Science Fiction Quotations: Isaac Asimov Quotations
“Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement.”
~ C. S. Lewis
Source: The Quotations Page: C. S. Lewis
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Tagged acheivement, career advice, failure, life, reality, success, truth, writing career
“I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.”
Source: GoodReads
Posted in Art, That Which Broadens the Mind, The Importance of Fantasy
Tagged Albert Einstein, Einstein, life, reality, truth
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“In a novel, the author gives the leading character intelligence and distinction. Fate goes to less trouble: mediocrities play a part in great events simply from happening to be there.”
~ Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord
Source: Quotable Quotes
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