Humans hardly ever learn from the experience of others. They learn - when
they do, which isn't often - on their own, the hard way.
-- Robert Heinlein, Time Enough for Love
they do, which isn't often - on their own, the hard way.
-- Robert Heinlein, Time Enough for Love
Related:
- Progress is made by lazy men looking for an easier way to do things.
Lazarus Long, from Robert A. Heinlein's "Time Enough... - Learn what not to do from the experience of others.
It's cheaper than your own. -- J. Winter... - Yield to Temptation ... it may not pass your way again.
Lazarus Long, from Robert A. Heinlein's "Time Enough... - Belief gets in the way of learning.
-- Robert Heinlein,
Time Enough for... - When the need arises -- and it does -- you must be able to shoot your
own dog.
Don't farm it out -- that doesn't make it nicer, it... - Rights" is a fictional abstraction.
No one has "Rights",
neither machines nor flesh-and-blood. Persons... have... - A zygote is a gamete's way of producing more gametes.
This may be the purpose of the universe. -- Lazarus... - Always listen to experts. They'll tell you what can't be done,
and why. Then do it. -- Lazarus Long, from Robert... - Your enemy is never a villain in his own eyes. Keep this in mind;
it may offer a way to make him your friend. If not...
