The Long Earth
Terry Pratchett
Top 10 Best Quotes
“Modesty is only arrogance by stealth.”
“Maybe the only significant difference between a really smart simulation and a human being was the noise they made when you punched them.”
“But then science is nothing but a series of questions that lead to more questions.”
“He quite liked the English. They tended to say sorry a lot, which was quite understandable given their heritage and the crimes of their ancestors.”
“When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive – to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.”
“I don’t think it's weak to admit you made a mistake. That takes strength, if you ask me.”
“Watering down the currency of expression, causing anything to mean whatever you want it to mean, until nothing is meant and nothing is precise.”
“I find it best to worry about the little things. Things that can be helped by being worried about. Such as the making of clam chowder, (..)coffee. The bigger stuff, well, you have to handle that as it faces you.”
“The way I see it, my ancestors put a lot of effort into getting out of the goddamn ocean and I don’t think I should throw all of that hard work back in their faces.”
“But smart has to have a depth as well as a length. Some smart brushes over a problem. And some smart grinds exceeding slow, like the mills of God, and it grinds fine, and when it comes up with an answer, it has been tested.”
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strength, artificial-intelligence, arrogance, the-english, the-long-earth, science-fiction, weakness, mistakes, modesty
