He had opened up for me the world of the real, of which I had known practically nothing and from which I had always shrunk. I had learned to look more closely at life as it was lived, to recognize that there were such things as facts in the world, to emerge from the realm of mind and idea and to place certain values on the concrete and objective phases of existence.

Science fiction has its own history, its own legacy of what’s been done, what’s been superseded, what’s so much part of the furniture it’s practically part of the fabric now, what’s become no more than a joke… and so on. It’s just plain foolish, as well as comically arrogant, to ignore all this, to fail to do the most basic research.

The word ‘racism’ is like ketchup. It can be put on practically anything – and demanding evidence makes you a ‘racist

Tomorrow everybody – or practically everybody – will have had the education of the upper class of yesterday, and will expect equivalent opportunities. That is why we face the problem of making every kind of job meaningful and capable of satisfying every educated man.

Salvation by society failed the most where it promised the most, in the communist countries. But it also failed in the West. Practically no government program enacted since the 1950s in the Western world – or in the communist countries – has been successful.

The lizard that jumped from a high Iroko tree to the ground said he would praise himself if no-one else did.

The LORD says, “I will help thee.” Strength within is supplemented by help without. God can raise us up allies in our warfare if so it seems good in His sight; and even if He does not send us human assistance, He Himself will be at our side, and this is better still. “Our August Ally” is better than legions of mortal helpers.

This is my work ethic: I do not want to raise my future kids where I was raised, and I know the only way to do it is working, working, working, working, working.

The man who builds a factory builds a temple, that the man who works there worships there; and to each is due not scorn and blame, but reverence and praise

To call everything that appears illogical, fantasy, fairy tale, or chimera would be practically to admit not understanding nature.

The person who gives expression, by word of mouth, to negative or destructive thoughts is practically certain to experience the results of those words in the form of destructive “kick-back”.

In practical life we are compelled to follow what is most probable ; in speculative thought we are compelled to follow truth.

Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer

I can quit boxing now and practically go into any kind of business and I’ll be successful just as well as I was in boxing.