Science is not a sacred cow-but there are a large number of would-be sacred cowherds busily devoting quantities of time, energy and effort to the task of making it one, so they can be sacred cowherds.

Science is not a sacred cow-but there are a large number of would-be sacred cowherds busily devoting quantities of time, energy and effort to the task of making it one, so they can be sacred cowherds.

Editors never buy manuscripts that are left on the closet shelf at home.

Too darned good a machine can be a menace, not a help.

Generally, a desirable, practically attainable idea, suggested in prophecy, has a chance of forcing itself into reality by its very existence.

There's nothing quite so stultifying as having someone around who has all the answers-and gives them to you.

Pioneering basically amounts to finding new and more horrible ways to die