Doe Quote by L. Sprague de Camp Download Open image “It does not pay a prophet to be too specific.” — L. Sprague de Camp ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.0 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Doe Pay Prophet
“It does not pay a prophet to be too specific.” —L. Sprague de Camp” — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
People have set that up as a standard, not to recognize a prophet in his own country. — Sun Ra Copy Share Image
The prophet himself stands under the judgment which he preaches. If he does not know that, he is a false prophet. — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
There's not much need for prophets who are in synch with their society. — Theodor Adorno Copy Share Image
A prophet is always much wider than his followers, much more liberal than those who label themselves with his name. — Annie Besant Copy Share Image
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I cannot recall, in any of my reading, a single instance of a prophet who applied for the job. — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
A prophet is not without honor except in his own country among his own people. — Sun Ra Copy Share Image
There is no mistaking the dismay on the face of a writer who has just heard that his brain child is a deformed idiot. — L. Sprague de Camp Copy Share Image
“Not at all," persisted Chalmers, unaware that Shea was trying to shush him. "The people of the country have agreed to call magic 'white'… — L. Sprague de Camp Copy Share Image
Speech sounds can be analyzed into fundamental units called phonemes; these move around like protozoa in a drop of water, and, like protozoa, join… — L. Sprague de Camp Copy Share Image
In writing a series of stories about the same characters, plan the whole series in advance in some detail, to avoid contradictions and inconsistencies. — L. Sprague de Camp Copy Share Image
Therefore, no matter how the world makes out in the next few centuries, a large class of readers at least will not be too… — L. Sprague de Camp Copy Share Image
“You don't like the Goths?" "No! Not with the persecution we have to put up with!" "Persecution?" "Religious persecution. We won't stand for it… — L. Sprague De Camp Copy Share Image
“There is no mistaking the dismay on the face of a writer who has just learned that his brain child is a deformed idiot.” — L. Sprague de Camp Copy Share Image
The story of civilization is, in a sense, the story of engineering-that long and arduous struggle to make the forces of nature work for… — L. Sprague de Camp Copy Share Image
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I cannot forbid a person to marry several wives, for it does not contradict Scripture. MARTIN LUTHER, letter to Chancellor Gregory Brück, January 13,… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
For successful education there must always be a certain freshness in the knowledge dealt with. It must be either new in itself or invested… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
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He's a fool that marries; but he's a greater fool that does not marry a fool. — William Wycherley Copy Share Image
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One of the things the United States does well is building coalitions. What the U.S. knows is that if you don't have a coalition… — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
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