As science pushes forward, ignorance and superstition gallop around the flanks and bite science in the rear with big dark teeth. — Philip Jose Farmer Bigs Copy Share Image
Dullard: Someone who looks up a thing in the encyclopedia, turns directly to the entry, reads it, and then closes the book. — Philip Jose Farmer Book Copy Share Image
Call me Meier," Goring said, but he did not pause to explain the joke . — Philip Jose Farmer Call me Copy Share Image
Can imagination act Perpendicular to fact? Can it be a kite that flies Till the Earth , umbrella-wise, Folds and drops away… — Philip Jose Farmer Earth Copy Share Image
Burton, though an infidel, made it his business to investigate thoroughly every religion. Know a man's faith , and you knew at… — Philip Jose Farmer Betrayal Copy Share Image
“Rastignac had no Skin. He was, nevertheless, happier than he had been since the age of five. He was as happy as… — Philip José Farmer Beneath the surface Copy Share Image
“Know a man's faith, and you knew at least half the man. Know his wife, and you knew the other half.” — Philip José Farmer Faith Copy Share Image
“...a writing in the sand which all may read but few understand." - Philip Jose Farmer in 'Riders of the Purple Wage” — Philip Jose Farmer Books Copy Share Image
Despite my vast interest in other universes and new ideas and space, travel and time travel, which by the way I think… — Philip Jose Farmer Basic things Copy Share Image
It's a peculiarity of the Norwegian culture and of the English and American, too, that men are not supposed to cry. Stiff… — Philip Jose Farmer Ashamed Copy Share Image
Imagination is like a muscle. I found out that the more I wrote, the bigger it got. — Philip Jose Farmer Bigger Copy Share Image
The brain, knowing that a person can't live forever in this world, rationalizes a future, or other-dimensional, world in which immortality is… — Philip Jose Farmer Brain Copy Share Image
It was a shameful thing that she had nothing of which to be ashamed. — Philip Jose Farmer Ashamed Copy Share Image
“It’s this smoke from the burnin garbage, kid. Enough to make a maggot puke, ain’t it? Lookit! The smoke’s risin’ t‘ward the… — Philip José Farmer Big words Copy Share Image
The truth is that Trout, like Vonnegut and Ray Bradbury and many others, writes parables. These are set in frames which have… — Philip Jose Farmer Bradbury Copy Share Image
Burton did not believe in miracles . Nothing happened that could not be explained by physical principles if you knew all the facts . — Philip Jose Farmer Believe Copy Share Image
Give us power, give us light To holdall love within our breast's small space. — Philip Jose Farmer Breasts Copy Share Image
Human beings are part of nature. Anything they do is natural. It's impossible for anything in nature to do anything unnatural. — Philip Jose Farmer Art Copy Share Image
Burton sighed, laughed loudly, and said, "Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose." Another fairy tale to give men hope .… — Philip Jose Farmer Change Copy Share Image
The way is open, comrades, free as Space Alone is free. The only gold is love, A coin that we have minted… — Philip Jose Farmer Astronomy Copy Share Image
“why should human beings have another chance at an afterlife? They were such miserable, conniving, self-deceiving, hypocritical wretches.” — Philip José Farmer Another chance Copy Share Image
Reader, pray that soon this Iron Age Will crumble, and Beauty escape the rusting cage. — Philip Jose Farmer Age Copy Share Image
This story is about love, which means that it is also about hate. — Philip Jose Farmer Hate Copy Share Image
By this he meant that all events, therefore, all men, are interconnected in an unbreakable web. What man does, no matter how… — Philip Jose Farmer Chaos Copy Share Image
