It's seldom that the fate of a shipful of men literally hangs by a thread—but it's also seldom that a device, every part of which has been thoroughly tested, won't work....
Given psi powers like clairvoyance and telepathy, solving problems of sabotage would be easy, of course. That is, it seems that way at first thought!
It's undoubtedly difficult to live with someone who is Different. He must, because he is Different, live by other ways. But what makes it so difficult is that, for some reason he thinks you are Different!
Freedom is a very dangerous thing indeed. It is so catching—like a plague—even the doctors get it.
The helpful hand of God ... can be very helpful indeed. But of course, it's long been known that God helps those who wisely help themselves...
The remarkable characteristic of Balaam's ass was that it was more perceptive than its master. Sometimes a child is more perceptive—because more straightforward and logical—than an adult....
If it took reduction or torch hair, the Cirissins wanted a bump. Hokum, thistle, gluck.
Intelligence is a great help in the evolution-by-survival—but intelligence without muscle is even less useful than muscle without brains. But it's so easy to forget that muscle—plain physical force—is import...
There is something very fundamental indeed about the ancient showman's trick—divert their attention from the thing you're really doing ...
Sometimes an organizational setup grows, sets its ways, and becomes so traditional that once-necessary jobs become unnecessary. But it is sometimes quite hard to spot just which man is the unnecessary one. I...
Just because you can "see" something doesn't mean you understand it—and that can mean that even perfect telepathy isn't perfect communication....
The little house pet from Venus didn't like New York, so New York had to change.
Perry and Lester invent things—seashell robots that make toast, Boogie Woogie Elmo dolls that drive cars. They also invent entirely new economic systems, like the “New Work,” a New Deal for the technological...
Sometimes the very best thing you can do is to lose. The cholera germ, for instance, asks nothing better than that it be swallowed alive....
This is about the best-hated author on Earth. Who was necessarily pampered and petted because of his crime against humanity....
There is a limit to how perfect a counterfeit can be— a limit that cannot be passed without an odd phenomenon setting in....The Other Likeness
Usually, if a man's gotten into bad trouble by getting into something, he's a fool to go back. But there are times ...
Jennie Gerhardt, a destitute young woman, meets Senator Brander in Columbus, Ohio. He seduces her and gives her money to tide them over...
