What did Poul Anderson mean by: You know what they say about bold spacemen never becoming old spacemen. - Poul Anderson Author · USA Copy
+ He had seen too much of the cosmos to have any great faith in man’s ability to understand it. Feraz Zeid, December 24, 2023January 10, 2024, Poul Anderson, Science, 0 - Poul Anderson Author · USA
+ My knowledge of the human psyche is as yet imperfect. Certain areas won’t yield to computation. Feraz Zeid, December 24, 2023January 10, 2024, Poul Anderson, Imperfect, Statistics, Yield, 0 - Poul Anderson Author · USA
+ Machines can only find what ignorant men have programmed them to find. Feraz Zeid, December 24, 2023January 10, 2024, Poul Anderson, Ignorant, Machines, 0 - Poul Anderson Author · USA
+ A fanatic is a man who, when he’s lost sight of his purpose, redoubles his effort. Feraz Zeid, December 24, 2023January 10, 2024, Poul Anderson, Effort, Sight, 0 - Poul Anderson Author · USA
+ The fish that first ventured ashore had considerable practical problems. Feraz Zeid, December 24, 2023January 10, 2024, Poul Anderson, Fishes, Problem, 0 - Poul Anderson Author · USA
You can consider this carved in stone: I rule out becoming Herman Van Rompuy’s successor. - Jean-Claude Juncker Politician · Luxembourg
He is always becoming, and if it were not for the contingency of death, he would never end. Explain - Jean-Paul Sartre Philosopher · France
I really felt the growth of myself as a human being, as a person [becoming a mother]. - Jennifer Lopez Singer · USA
The desire of appearing clever often prevents our becoming so. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
One must be a sea, to receive a polluted stream without becoming impure. Explain - Friedrich Nietzsche Philosopher · Germany
We must be cruel as well as compassionate: let us guard against becoming poorer than nature is! Explain - Friedrich Nietzsche Philosopher · Germany
Once spirit was God, then it became man, and now it is even becoming mob. Explain - Friedrich Nietzsche Philosopher · Germany