#on

What is important is that one utilizes one's intellect and not to be 100 percent sure about one's convictions. One should always leave room for doubt. ↗

— Shirin Ebadi

#always #convictions #doubt #important #intellect

I've supported myself by writing since 1992, and I'm probably very nearly unemployable by now because employers are likely to be put off by the long gap. ↗

— Greg Egan

#employers #gap #i #likely #long

Words are the money of fools. ↗

— Thomas Hobbes

#money #words

One of the greatest pieces of economic wisdom is to know what you do not know. ↗

— John Kenneth Galbraith

#greatest #know #pieces #wisdom #you

The transfer is a monumental occasion as the Iraqi people take control of their government and their future and forge ahead with creating a society governed by the tenets of life, liberty and freedom. ↗

— Jim Gerlach

#control #creating #forge #freedom #future

Yet the march toward freedom is not without its hazards or its casualties and the threats of violence aimed at Iraqis who participate in the election will be dealt with accordingly. ↗

— Jim Gerlach

#aimed #casualties #dealt #election #freedom

Conflict is the beginning of consciousness. ↗

— M. Esther Harding

#conflict #consciousness

Let it be understood, in the first place, that a science fiction story must be an exposition of a scientific theme and it must be also a story. ↗

— Hugo Gernsback

#exposition #fiction #first #must #place

Never insult anyone by accident. ↗

— Robert A. Heinlein

#anyone #insult #never

What description of clouds and sunsets was to the old novelist, description of scientific apparatus and methods is to the modern Scientific Detective writer. ↗

— Hugo Gernsback

#clouds #description #detective #methods #modern