#ra

The difference between ignorant and educated people is that the latter know more facts. But that has nothing to do with whether they are stupid or intelligent. ↗

— Neal Stephenson

#difference #educated #educated people #facts #ignorant

Talent was not rare; the ability to survive having it was. ↗

— Neal Stephenson

#having #rare #survive #talent #to survive

After all my probing into the human brain, I should still be aware of mysteries and come up with them myself. ↗

— Pamela Stephenson

#aware #brain #come #human #human brain

I don't think I'm generous enough to be the straight guy. I sort of make my own way and make my own statement. Do I mind pushing myself forward? Not at all. ↗

— Pamela Stephenson

#forward #generous #guy #i #make

Perfect objectivity is always impossible, no matter who writes a person's biography. ↗

— Pamela Stephenson

#biography #impossible #matter #objectivity #perfect

There is a probably natural and learned reticence with myself talking about my early life. ↗

— Pamela Stephenson

#early #early life #learned #life #myself

There may be a point where I may decide to write an autobiography. ↗

— Pamela Stephenson

#decide #i #may #point #where

There's been a number of erroneous biographies, articles and so on written about Billy and we both thought it would be a good idea to produce a true one. ↗

— Pamela Stephenson

#articles #been #billy #biographies #both

We were trained to live by our wits, in any circumstance. ↗

— William Stephenson

#circumstance #live #our #to live by #trained

Well, they didn't lack for topics after Hiroshima. Why should 9/11 slow them down? I know it got a lot of press, but it's just a few large buildings and aircraft, it's not like D-Day and the Seige of Berlin. ↗

— Bruce Sterling

#aircraft #berlin #buildings #down #few