Night was a wonderful time in Brooklyn in the 1930s. Air conditioning was unknown except in movie houses, and so was television. There was nothing to keep one in the house. Furthermore, few people owned automobiles, so there was nothing…

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Humanity has the stars in its future, and that future is too important to be...

Humanity has the stars in its future, and that future is too important to be...

It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety.

It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety.

He had read much, if one considers his long life; but his contemplation was much...

He had read much, if one considers his long life; but his contemplation was much...

The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds the most discoveries,...

The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds the most discoveries,...

Creationists make it sound as though a 'theory' is something you dreamt up after being...

Creationists make it sound as though a 'theory' is something you dreamt up after being...

To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains...

To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains...

Until I became a published writer, I remained completely ignorant of books on how to...

Until I became a published writer, I remained completely ignorant of books on how to...

I don't believe in personal immortality; the only way I expect to have some version...

I don't believe in personal immortality; the only way I expect to have some version...

When I read about the way in which library funds are being cut and cut,...

When I read about the way in which library funds are being cut and cut,...

From my close observation of writers...they fall into two groups: 1) those who bleed copiously...

From my close observation of writers...they fall into two groups: 1) those who bleed copiously...

I write for the same reason I breathe - because if I didn't, I would...

I write for the same reason I breathe - because if I didn't, I would...

It is not only the living who are killed in war.

It is not only the living who are killed in war.

Nothing interferes with my concentration. You could put on an orgy in my office and...

Nothing interferes with my concentration. You could put on an orgy in my office and...

There is a single light of science, and to brighten it anywhere is to brighten...

There is a single light of science, and to brighten it anywhere is to brighten...

Creationists make it sound as though a 'theory' is something you dreamt up after being...

Creationists make it sound as though a 'theory' is something you dreamt up after being...

The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is...

The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is...

Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.

Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.

There is a single light of science, and to brighten it anywhere is to brighten...

There is a single light of science, and to brighten it anywhere is to brighten...

Some day science may have the existence of mankind in power, and the human race...

Some day science may have the existence of mankind in power, and the human race...

Science may have found a cure for most evils, but it has found no remedy...

Science may have found a cure for most evils, but it has found no remedy...