Maxioms by Robert Heinlein
...brainpower is the scarcest commodity and the only one of real value.
...brainpower is the scarcest commodity and the only one of real value.
The supreme irony of life is that no one gets out of it alive.
The supreme irony of life is that no one gets out of it alive.
The hardest part of gaining any new idea is sweeping out the false idea occupying that niche.
The hardest part of gaining any new idea is sweeping out the false idea occupying that niche.
Throughout history, poverty is the normal condition of man. Advances which permit this norm to be exceeded- here and there, read more
Throughout history, poverty is the normal condition of man. Advances which permit this norm to be exceeded- here and there, now and then- are the work of an extremely small minority, frequently despised, often condemned, and almost always opposed by all right-thinking people. Whenever this tiny minority is kept from creating, or (as sometimes happens) is driven out of a society, the people then slip back into abject poverty.This is known as "bad luck.".
Secrecy is the beginning of tyranny.
Secrecy is the beginning of tyranny.
