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- 2,000 years ago one man got nailed to a tree for saying how great it would be if everyone was nice to each other for…
- "I refuse to prove that I exist" says God, "for proof denies faith, and without faith, I am nothing." "Oh," says man, "but the Babel…
- Any man who can hitch the length and breadth of the galaxy, rough it, slum it, struggle against terrible odds, win through, and still know…
- The system of life on this planet is so astoundingly complex that it was a long time before man even realized that it was a…
- 'These things will become clear to you,' said the old man gently, 'at least,' he added with slight doubt in his voice, 'clearer than they…
- A hole had just appeared in the Galaxy. It was exactly a nothingth of a second long, a nothingth of an inch wide, and quite…
- For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much—the wheel, New…
- You know," said Arthur, "it's at times like this, when I'm trapped in a Vogon airlock with a man from Betelgeuse, and about to die…
- We're not obsessed by anything, you see," insisted Ford. "..." "And that's the deciding factor. We can't win against obsession. They care, we don't. They…
- And then, one Thursday, nearly two thousand years after one man had been nailed to a tree for saying how great it would be to…
- All through my life I've had this strange unaccountable feeling that something was going on in the world, something big, even sinister, and no one…
- [The Head of Radio Three] had been ensnared by the Music Director of the college and a Professor of Philosophy. These two were busy explaining…
- How can I tell," said the man, "that the past isn't a fiction designed to account for the discrepancy between my immediate physical sensations and…
- And all dared to brave unknown terrors, to do mighty deeds, to boldly split infinitives that no man had split before--and thus was the Empire…
- This man is the bee's knees, Arthur, he is the wasp's nipples. He is, I would go so far as to say, the entire set…
- The storm had now definitely abated, and what thunder there was now grumbled over more distant hills, like a man saying 'And another thing...' twenty…
- How many roads must a man walk down?
- ...they discovered only a small asteroid inhabited by a solitary old man who claimed repeatedly that nothing was true, though he was later discovered to…
- The Saab seethed off into the night. Arthur watched it go, as stunned as a man might be who, having believed himself to be totally…
- He was a man who was charged with the work he did in life because he was not one to ask questions - not so…
- He would have felt safe if alongside the Dentrassis' underwear, the piles of Sqornshellous mattresses and the man from Betelgeuse holding up a small yellow…
- What a wonderfully exciting cough,' said the little man, quite startled by it, 'do you mind if I join you?' And with that he launched…
- The Encyclopedia Galactica defines a robot as a mechanical apparatus designed to do the work of a man. The marketing division of the Sirius Cybernetics…
- ...to boldly split infinitives that no man had split before...
- In fact there was only one species on the planet more intelligent than dolphins, and they spent a lot of their time in behavioural research…
More Man Quotes
- Wherever the relevance of speech is at stake, matters become political by definition, for speech is what makes man a political being. — Hannah Arendt
- Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in… — Hannah Arendt
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- Let each man exercise the art he knows. — Aristophanes
- A man's homeland is wherever he prospers. — Aristophanes
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
- The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances. — Aristotle
- Hope is the dream of a waking man. — Aristotle
- Man is by nature a political animal. — Aristotle
- For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short time, does… — Aristotle
- Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics. — Aristotle