Durante todo o treinamento que [o floriano] recebeu, ao longo de todos os estudos nos quais se saiu tão bem, nunca se esqueceu de que os nobres eram … - Isaac Asimov

The rate of technological advance has been slowing for centuries and is down to a crawl now. In some cases, it has stopped altogether. Is this something you've noticed? After all, you're a mathematician.' 'I can't say I've given the matter any thought.' 'No one does. It's accepted. Scientists are very good these days at saying that things are impossible, impractical, useless. They condemn any speculation at once.

But my parents decided to risk it, and they got in just under the wire, for in 1924 stricter immigration quotas were imposed and we would not have been allowed to enter. My father came to the United States in the hope of a better life for his children, and this he certainly achieved. He lived to see one son a successful writer, another son a successful journalist, and a daughter happily married. However, this was

His idiot face gets redder and his eyes bulge and his ears block. I'd say his mind stops functioning, but I lack the proof of any other state from which it might stop. - Bronowski