The difference between science and the fuzzy subjects is that science requires reasoning while those other subjects merely require scholarship.

Quote by Robert A Heinlein

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Writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of, but do it in private and...

Writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of, but do it in private and...

Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and...

Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and...

I don't see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes.

I don't see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes.

Progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things

Progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things

Anyone who clings to the historically untrue -- and -- thoroughly immoral doctrine that violence...

Anyone who clings to the historically untrue -- and -- thoroughly immoral doctrine that violence...

It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creeds...

It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creeds...

A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a...

A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a...

To be matter of fact about the world is to blunder into fantasy -- and...

To be matter of fact about the world is to blunder into fantasy -- and...

Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors... and miss.

Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors... and miss.

They didn't want it good, they wanted it Wednesday.

They didn't want it good, they wanted it Wednesday.

Sex without love is merely healthy exercise.

Sex without love is merely healthy exercise.

Being right too soon is socially unacceptable.

Being right too soon is socially unacceptable.

Don't handicap your children by making their lives easy.

Don't handicap your children by making their lives easy.

When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects,...

When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects,...

I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I...

I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I...

I never learned from a man who agreed with me.

I never learned from a man who agreed with me.

The universe never did make sense; I suspect it was built on government contract.

The universe never did make sense; I suspect it was built on government contract.

The Liberals talk about a stable government but we don't know how bad the stable...

The Liberals talk about a stable government but we don't know how bad the stable...

The more government takes in taxes, the less incentive people have to work. What coal...

The more government takes in taxes, the less incentive people have to work. What coal...

It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts...

It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts...