A person willing to fly in the face of reason, authority, and common sense must be a person of considerable self-assurance. Since he occurs only rarely, he must seem eccentric (in at least that respect) to the rest of us. A person eccentric in one respect is often eccentric in others. Consequently, the person who is most likely to get new ideas is a person of good background in the field of interest and one who is unconventional in his habits. (To be a crackpot is not, however, enough in itself.) . Isaac Asimov
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  1. The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.
  2. Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.
  3. The first step in making rabbit stew is catching the rabbit.
  4. Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right.
  5. It has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly.
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