"After all, what else is scientific enquiry of……" — Tom Holt
"After all, what else is scientific enquiry of any sort other than a controlled version of banging one's head against the universe until something gives?"
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20 Quotes by Tom Holt
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Luck, like a Russian car, generally only works if you push it.
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It was irritating to have one's physical shortcomings pointed out quite so plainly twice in one evening, once by a…
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There’s nothing bad about reincarnation per se, it’s basically a very good system, cost-effective and ecologically friendly.
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At any given time, ninety-nine-point-nine-five per cent of the human race are a confounded nuisance
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Genies rarely have nightmares, for the same reason that elephants don't usually worry about being trampled underfoot. With the possible…
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Poetry is one of the few nasty childhood habits I've managed to grow out of
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I try and do 2,500 words a day, every day of the year
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New technology is useful, but it's inefficient and ugly; it knows it'll be obsolete by lunchtime tomorrow, so it has…
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I don't read the Sunday papers; or the dailies, either
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The best definition of an immortal is someone who hasn't died yet
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Everything is out there if you know how to find it, and have the patience. I don't and haven't, but…
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Lawyers are predators in grey worsted
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A friend to all is a friend to none.
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