#han

The image is more than an idea. It is a vortex or cluster of fused ideas and is endowed with energy. ↗

— Ezra Pound

#endowed #energy #fused #idea #ideas

I have a very silly sense of humor. I've never laughed harder in my entire life than seeing someone with toilet paper stuck on the bottom of their shoe. ↗

— Paula Poundstone

#entire #entire life #harder #humor #i

I'm really more prolific than most stand-ups. My act changes. I do fold in new experiences, new observations, whatever you want to call it. ↗

— Paula Poundstone

#call #changes #experiences #fold #i

I'm thankful for Sarah Palin's vice presidential bid, which taught us that Alaska is not in a box off the coast of California. ↗

— Paula Poundstone

#bid #box #california #coast #i

Asimov was the reason why we changed some rules in the SFWA, and I'm not convinced we changed it for the best. ↗

— Jerry Pournelle

#best #changed #convinced #i #reason

I have more information in one place than anybody in the world. ↗

— Jerry Pournelle

#i #information #more #place #than

One the other hand, the publishing trend is ghastly, isn't it? Two hundred and something distributors are now down to 10 or 12? And what's the recruiting drive? ↗

— Jerry Pournelle

#down #drive #ghastly #hand #hundred

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. ↗

— Jerry Pournelle

#around #changed #clubs #coffee #finish

We need to understand that we as citizens and as a government in any community throughout this country have no more important obligation than to educate those who are going to replace us. ↗

— Colin Powell

#citizens #community #country #educate #going

Experts often possess more data than judgment. ↗

— Colin Powell

#experts #judgment #more #often #possess