It is a rare mind indeed that can render the hitherto non-existent blindingly obvious. The cry 'I could have thought of that' is a very popular and misleading one, for the fact is that they didn't, and a very significant…

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Now it is such a bizarrely improbable coincidence that anything so mind-bog-gglingly useful could have...

Now it is such a bizarrely improbable coincidence that anything so mind-bog-gglingly useful could have...

I seldom end up where I wanted to go, but almost always end up where...

I seldom end up where I wanted to go, but almost always end up where...

The knack of flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.

The knack of flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.

A computer terminal is not some clunky old television with a typewriter in front of...

A computer terminal is not some clunky old television with a typewriter in front of...

You live and learn. At any rate, you live.

You live and learn. At any rate, you live.

There are some people you like immediately, some whom you think you might learn to...

There are some people you like immediately, some whom you think you might learn to...

Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.

Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.

Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience...

Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience...

To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with...

To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with...

It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes.

It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes.

If somebody thinks they're a hedgehog, presumably you just give 'em a mirror and a...

If somebody thinks they're a hedgehog, presumably you just give 'em a mirror and a...

He was a dreamer, a thinker, a speculative philosopher... or, as his wife would have...

He was a dreamer, a thinker, a speculative philosopher... or, as his wife would have...

Many men of course became extremely rich, but this was perfectly natural and nothing to...

Many men of course became extremely rich, but this was perfectly natural and nothing to...

We demand rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty!

We demand rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty!

This must be Thursday. I never could get the hang of Thursdays.

This must be Thursday. I never could get the hang of Thursdays.

I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have...

I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have...

The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot...

The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot...

It is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are,...

It is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are,...

Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I...

Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I...

I don't believe it. Prove it to me and I still won't believe it.

I don't believe it. Prove it to me and I still won't believe it.