Ademoğlu hayvanların geri kalanından özde nasıl ayrılıyordu? Kendi kendine havalanabilen (Tanrı bilir daha başka neler yapabilen) bir ırk sadece mühendislikle etkilenebilir miydi? Eğer öyleyse Assuan Barajı mı yoksa binlerce kilometrelik mercan kayalıkları mı birincilik ödülünü kazanırdı? İnsan'ın bilinci mi? Saf, yerel kibir; dev sekoya ağaçlarının ya da ispermeçet balinalarının insanları fazlasıyla aşan birer filozof ya da şair olmadıklarına hiçbir kanıt yoktu.
Robert A. Heinlein
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Onlara gerçek kan vermeyiz... tabii alev yutan ya da bıçak atan... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Kendi günlük yaşantılarımız da, kollektif cinneti nasıl savunduğumuzu gösteren basit örnek... GüNDüZ VASSAF Woyzeck - Burada olduğumuz için şanslıyız değil mi Andreas? Andreas - Bu yer la... GEORG BüCHNER Yaşama sanatı, sevdiklerimize onlarla birlikte olmaktan ne büyük bir zevk duyduğumuzu gösterme... CESARE PAVESE Eğer bir din senden özgürlüğünden vazgeçmeni istiyorsa, o dinden vazgeç! Hiçbir şey özgü... MEHMET MURAT ILDAN Her zaman başka bir savaş çıkar, Robert. Kökleri hiçbir zaman tamamen kazınmaz. Savaşları n... DAVID MITCHELL - Rodin'in Yaşlı Fahişe (La Belle qui fut heaulmière) heykeli için - Herkes güzel b... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Kimsin sen? Bir gürültü mü yoksa bir melodi mi? Belki de sen bir sessizliksin! Eğer bir sessizl... MEHMET MURAT ILDAN Doğu musikisi' adlı kavrama dâhil olmadan önce Türk musikisinin kendisine özgü bir nazariyesi... HüSEYIN AKBAş Hastanenin arazisi yeni yağmış karla örtülüydü -bu bir Noel serpintisi değil, ocak ayının ... SYLVIA PLATH Eğer İslamda zorlama yoksa, insanları daha 13 yaşından itibaren namaz kılmaya zorlamak üzere ... İLHAN ARSEL Yaşamayı zor, meşakkatli, sıkıntılı kılan şeylerin başında, hayatın ayrılık üzerine k... MUSTAFA ULUSOY Bir an gelir birini seversiniz. O iyi ya da kötü olduğu için hissetmezsiniz bunu. Sadece seversi... LAURELL K. HAMILTON Olmak ya da olmamak, işte bütün mesele bu! Düşüncemizin katlanması mı güzel Zali... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Benim ölümüm, dünyanın kalanı için hiçbir şeyi değiştirmiyordu neticede. Dünya yine, ayn... ARZUM UZUN Ne garip bir varlıktı şu insan. Elinde, varolduğu tek bir zaman vardı aöa hem geçmişe hem ge... MUSTAFA ULUSOY İnsanlar kendilerini korkutan şeylere çok daha çabuk inanıyorlar. Bu da bir bilmece. MICHAEL ENDE İslamdan başka bir din ve inanca yönelik olanlara karşı hoşgörüsüzlüğü o kerteyi bulmuş... İLHAN ARSEL Dünya kadına, erkeklere dediği gibi 'istersen yaz, umurumda değil' demiyordu. Dünya kaba kaba g... VIRGINIA WOOLF Bizim hepimizin içinde zübüklük olmasa, bizler de birer zübük olmasak, aramızdan böyle züb�... AZIZ NESIN Göreceksiniz ya, ben dünyadan ziyade kafamın içinde yaşayan bir insanım... Hakiki hayatım ben... SABAHATTIN ALI Şu Taksim alanında biribirlerini ezenler, o kadar insanın içinde hak tu, diye ortalığa tükür... YAşAR KEMAL Kim takar saçın ne renk ya da şeklin ne şekil? Kim takar dinin ne din ya da dilin ne dil? Kalbin... MEHMET MURAT ILDAN Düşün! Bize, matematik dünyasının kurgusal ve sonsuz olduğu öğretildi. Bunu kabul ederim, 1... HAKAN GüNDAY bu kitap minimalist bir ressamla ilgili ve konu minimalist sanat olduğu zaman fark ettim ki ben agn... NICK HORNBY Eğer bir parkta gözlerini kapatırsan farkına varacaksın ki etrafında gördüğün her şey ayn... MEHMET MURAT ILDAN Kadını götürüp mutfağa ya da süslenme odasına kapatıyor, sonra da ufkunun darlığına... SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR İçinde nefret bile olsa alışkanlık ya da bağımlılık yaratan her ilişki biraz aşktır. BUKET UZUNER Bunlardan nasıl bir ahlak dersi çıkarmalı? Barış, Rabbimiz tarafından ne kadar sevilse de, an... DAVID MITCHELL Dindar adam! Senin için en büyük umudumuz şu ki bir gün ölümden başka düşmanın olmadığ�... MEHMET MURAT ILDAN Demokrasi en iyi niyetli yaklaşımla bile zavallı bir sistemdir; onunla ilgili söylenebilecek tek... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Acıyı bir süreliğine uyuşturmak, sonunda onu hissettiğinde daha da büyük acı çekmene yol a... J.K. ROWLING Eğer Homeros'tan öğrendiğim aziz ve kıymetli bir hayat dersi varsa,o da bir canlının vaktini ... GWEN COOPER Phepu” “Kheku” “Kam kerd” “Mı kerd” “Kam kişt” “Mı ... ANONYMOUS Sheakspeare'in zamanında bir kadının onunki gibi bir yeteneğe sahip olması mümkün değildi. �... VIRGINIA WOOLF Düşünmek kutsaldır; bırak her birey özgürce düşünsün! Düşündüğünü ifade etmek kuts... MEHMET MURAT ILDAN Yerel konseyler zaman zaman toplantı çağrıları yapmış olsalar da, pek çok durumda bu toplant... RAUL ZIBECHI Daha yüksek bir şeye, hatta bu evrenin ötesinde bir şeye ait olduğunu hissetmek mi istiyorsun, ... MEHMET MURAT ILDAN Âdem ile Havva: Âdem ile Havva, yasak elmanın tadına varınca, farklılıklarını gördüler... ELIF SHAFAK Cancağızım; ne kadar söz varsa düne ait, dünle birlikte gitti' demiş ya Şanı Yüce Rûmî; ... NELDAN OSMANCıK Tanrı misafiri sözcüğü sadece Türklere aitti. AYşE KULIN Bir tilki, gün doğarken gölgesine baktı ve şöyle dedi: "Bugün öğle yemeğinde bir deve yiye... KAHLIL GIBRAN Yo ya no sé que escribir... Es mi forma de saber que ya te olvidé J. PORCUPINE Govorite mi da ću izgoriti, da će iza mene ostati samo pepeo, ali ću bar znati da sam bio vatra. ... IVO ANDRIć Sesle iletilebilecek ne kadar duygu varsa, anında sessizliğin diline çeviriyorduk bu yüzden, dur... HASAN ALI TOPTAş „Kada se nađem u situaciji da mi je neprijatno ili da ne znam kako da odreagujem, ja se šalim. T... S.J. ABBO Sevgilim! (…) Cıgara içmekten vazgeçilebilir mi? Hikâye yazmaktan da, körolası, vazgeçemiyo... SAIT FAIK ABASıYANıK Kafamda akıl namına ne kalmışsa onu kullanarak bedenimi tuzağa düşürmem gerekiyordu, yoksa b... SYLVIA PLATH Tırtıl'la Alice sessizlik içinde bir süre bakıştılar; neden sonra Tırtıl, nargilesinin marp... LEWIS CARROLL Arthur ekranlara bakıp gözlerini kırpıştırdı ve önemli bir şeyi kaçırıyormuş hissine ka... DOUGLAS ADAMS o halde ölümlülerin bütün yaşamı bir çeşit masaldan başka nedir, birilerinin başka birile... ERASMUS Zelim da mi procitas makar jednu stranicu svoje duse. TAMARA STAMENKOVIC Zaman gelecek ve bazı insanlar hiçbir dine inanmadıkları için kendileriyle gurur duyacaklardır... MEHMET MURAT ILDAN seni bir gün en yakının ele verirse eğer,öğren susmasını ve ağlamamasını. bir kavano... LâLE MüLDüR Kur'an'daki ”Dinde zorlama olmaz" buyruğu, esas itibariyle dinsel uygulamada kolaylık sağlamay�... İLHAN ARSEL BAK BİL Kİ ATLARIN ÖNÜNE İNCİLER SERİLMEZ. MÜCEVHERLERDEN SARRAFLAR ANLAR ANCAK, BAŞKA... JALALUDDIN MEVLANA RUMI Eski toplumumuzun insanı ölüm olayına, onu geciktirip kaçarak değil, sıcak bir dostlukla kuca... İLBER ORTAYLı APD'deki sorumluluklarımı bir kenara bırakıp Reyes'e bakmak için hapishaneye mi gitmeliydim? Yo... DARYNDA JONES Neden yüzleri kül gibi soğuk?" "Varlıklarını ölü şeylerden kazandıkları için. Biliy... MICHAEL ENDE Bir muma saplanma! Başka mumlar bul, başka mumlar yarat! MEHMET MURAT ILDAN Remember though, your best weapon is between your ears and under your scalp -provided it's loaded. ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Sećam se da sam jedno jutro video ispred samoposluge nekog popa kako ljušti kikiriki, odmah mi je ... SLOBODAN TIšMA Bir avuç rüşvetle, dünyadaki her şeyin sevgisini satın alabilir, sonra da seni sevdiğini dü�... ARZUM UZUN Burası da tüm iyi ailelerde olduğu gibi anarşi ve tiranlığın bir karışımıdır, demokrasiy... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN İnsanın oturduğu toprakların altında ölüleri yoksa, o adam o toprağın insanı değildir. GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ Aşk bir çocuktur derler ya, nedeni budur işte, Öyle çok yanılır ki yaptığı seçimlerd... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Coincidence was a concept he did not entirely trust. As someone who had spent his life exploring the... DAN BROWN Cosa farei senza libri? Ne ho la casa piena, eppure non mi bastano mai. Vorrei avere una giornata di... DACIA MARAINI Existem cordas, nos corações dos mais indiferentes, que não podem ser tocadas sem emoção. EDGAR ALLAN POE Mi reputación ya está formada, Rose. Me puse mis metas y luche por ellas, hace ya mucho tiempo. Lo... RICHELLE MEAD yaşamım boyunca içimi kemirttiniz. evlenizle. okullarınızla. iş yerlerinizle. özel ya da resm... TEZER ÖZLü Tekerlekler üzerinde kayan zindanımın karanlığında, yorgunluğumun ta derinliklerinden gelişm... ALBERT CAMUS İslamcılar, İslamın kaba kuvvetle, kılıç yoluyla değil, ikna yoluyla, fikir ve sevgi yoluyla... İLHAN ARSEL ... bir armağan, bir mucize olduğu söylenen şu hayatın saçma sapan bir şekilde bitebileceğin... BARış BıçAKçı - Rodin'in Fallen Caryatid heykeli için - Yenilgideki zafer, bundan daha yücesi yoktur... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Ayrıca, kırda ve kentte yaşayan Aymara toplulukları radyo istasyonlarını ele geçirdiler ve ke... RAUL ZIBECHI Ama o andan sonra, Hermione Granger arkadaşları oldu. Bazı olaylar vardır, dostluklara yol açar... J.K. ROWLING Kim bilir belki de… Şeytan, Tanrı’nın bilinçaltından başka bir şey değildir. ... EMRE YıLMAZ Cehennem, ateş, lanet, yakmak, kesmek gibi sözcükleri kullanan herhangi bir din asla bir sevgi di... MEHMET MURAT ILDAN Maarifa unayoyatafuta katika Biblia, Kurani au Yoga ('Oriental Yoga': 'esoteric knowledge': maarifa ... ENOCK MAREGESI Robert Louis Stevenson wa Uskochi aliponukuu nahau ya ‘kamera haiwezi kudanganya’ katika kitabu ... ENOCK MAREGESI A vida é filha da puta, A puta, é filha da vida... Nunca vi tanto filho da puta, Na... MANUEL MARIA BARBOSA DU BOCAGE Peeta'nın, Oyunlar'ı resmetmek için bir fırçaya ihtiyacı yoktu. Sözcüklerle de aynı ustalı... SUZANNE COLLINS Benim aklımda kalansa, sarılmayı unutmuş bir ülke. Bir yandan ağlayan, öte yandan kollarını... ERCAN KESAL Ford Bronco ilikuwa sehemu ya upelelezi wa polisi wa Tume ya Dunia, na ilipigwa mnada baada ya upele... ENOCK MAREGESI Doğrular, her zaman insanın ayaklarını açıkta bırakan bir battaniye gibidir. N.H. KLEINBAUM —Me llamo Annie Wilkes, y soy… —Ya lo sé —la interrumpió—. Usted es mi fan número ... STEPHEN KING Pesa ni ya muhimu kwa sababu ya mahitaji ya lazima ya wanadamu kama vile chakula, maji, malazi, elim... ENOCK MAREGESI ... geleneksel anlamda planlanmış bir süreç yoktur, daha önce alınmış derslere dayanan derin... RAUL ZIBECHI İstediği zaman gözyaşlarını içine akıtıp gülümseyebilme yeteneğine sahip olmuştu.Bu yü... ROBIN WASSERMAN Kaç sene oldu altın başakların arasında koşup, yemyeşil çimenlerde yuvarlanmayalı? Kaç sen... KOREL ERAYBAR Kuna mafanikio ya aina mbili hapa duniani: Mafanikio ya Shetani na mafanikio ya Mungu. Mafanikio ya ... ENOCK MAREGESI
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HEINLEIN Never underestimate the power of human stupidity. ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Anyone who considers protocol unimportant has never dealt with a cat. ROBERT A. HEINLEIN I was there to see beautiful naked women. So was everybody else. It's a common failing. ROBERT A. HEINLEIN The trouble with conspiracies is that they rot internally. ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Theology is never any help; it is searching in a dark cellar at midnight for a black cat that isn... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Butterflies are not insects,' Captain John Sterling said soberly. 'They are self-propelled flowers. ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Butterflies are self propelled flowers. ROBERT A. HEINLEIN The Universe was a damned silly place at best . . . but the least likely explanation for its existen... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own... Jealousy... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with hi... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN One could write a history of science in reverse by assembling the solemn pronouncements of highest a... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Political tags - such as royalist, communist, democrat, populist, fascist, liberal, conservative, an... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Goodness without wisdom always accomplishes evil. ROBERT A. HEINLEIN The most preposterous notion that Homo sapiens has ever dreamed up is that the Lord God of Creation,... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN For me, politeness is a sine qua non of civilization. ROBERT A. HEINLEIN It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acqui... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN The supreme irony of life is that hardly anyone gets out of it alive. ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Never insult anyone by accident. ROBERT A. HEINLEIN It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creeds into law if it acqu... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Most people can't think, most of the remainder won't think, the small fraction who do think mostly c... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN If a grasshopper tries to fight a lawnmower, one may admire his courage but not his judgement. ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Happiness lies in being privileged to work hard for long hours in doing whatever you think is worth ... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN It's an indulgence to sit in a room and discuss your beliefs as if they were a juicy piece of gossip... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN One man's theology is another man's belly laugh. ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Never worry about theory as long as the machinery does what it's supposed to do. ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Women will forgive anything. Otherwise, the race would have died out long ago ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of, but do it in private and wash your hands afte... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN How you behave toward cats here below determines your status in Heaven. ROBERT A. HEINLEIN The more you love, the more you can love--and the more intensely you love. Nor is there any limit on... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN People usually believe anything that they are told early and often. ROBERT A. HEINLEIN A long and wicked life followed by five minutes of perfect grace gets you into Heaven. An equally lo... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Beds do not matter, it is who is in a bed that counts. ROBERT A. HEINLEIN You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once. ROBERT A. HEINLEIN They didn't want it good, they wanted it Wednesday. ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Don't ever become a pessimist, Ira; a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do. ROBERT A. HEINLEIN His older self had taught his younger self a language which the older self knew because the younger ... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN I don't see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes. ROBERT A. HEINLEIN It's an indulgence to sit in a room and discuss your beliefs as if they were a juicy piece of go... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN The instinct to survive is human nature itself, and every aspect of our personalities derives from i... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Elephants aren't human but they are very nice people. ROBERT A. HEINLEIN If you disturb the patient at such times, he may break into tears or become violent. and, if you sha... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Since when was an emotional argument won by logic? ROBERT A. HEINLEIN In the absence of clearly-defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily trivia until ... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Do not confuse "duty" with what other people expect of you; they are utterly different. Duty is a de... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN No woman ever ages beyond eighteen in her heart. ROBERT A. HEINLEIN There were many, many times thereafter that Don regretted having enlisted - but so has every man who... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN He never once repeated himself and he never used either profanity or obscenity. (I learned later tha... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN The America of my time line is a laboratory example of what can happen to democracies, what has even... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Any government will work if authority and responsibility are equal and coordinate. This does not ins... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Political tags — such as royalist, communist, democrat, populist, fascist, liberal, conservative, ... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Secrecy is the keystone to all tyranny. Not force, but secrecy and censorship. When any government o... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Yield to temptation...it may not pass your way again! ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor. ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Long human words (the longer the better) were easy, unmistakable, and rarely changed their meanings ... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN You can sway a thousand men by appealing to their prejudices quicker than you can convince one man b... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Liberty is never unalienable; it must be redeemed regularly with the blood of patriots or it always ... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN That God is in truth the sort of bloodthirsty paranoid Who would rend to bits forty-two children for... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN To be matter of fact about the world is to blunder into fantasy -- and dull fantasy at that, as the ... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Being right too soon is socially unacceptable. ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Of all the strange "crimes" that human beings have legislated of nothing, "blasphemy" is the most am... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig. ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Sin lies only in hurting other people unnecessarily. All other "sins" are invented nonsense. (Hurtin... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN When a place gets crowded enough to require ID's, social collapse is not far away. It is time to go ... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Everything in excess! To enjoy the flavor of life, take big bites. Moderation is for monks. ROBERT A. HEINLEIN A great artist can look at an old woman, portray her exactly as she is... and force the viewer to se... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Under what circumstances is it moral for a group to do that which is not moral for a member of that ... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Stupidity cannot be cured. Stupidity is the only universal capital crime; the sentence is death. The... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Anything which is physically possible can always be made financially possible; money is a bugaboo of... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN One man’s “magic” is another man’s engineering. “Supernatural” is a null word. ROBERT A. HEINLEIN I woke up in bed with a man and a cat. The man was a stranger; the cat was not ROBERT A. HEINLEIN A community where everyone is a ruthless murderer, with handy access to death-dealing devices, is a ... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Every general prohibition creates its bootleggers. ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Heroism' often consists in keeping your head in an emergency and doing the best you can with what yo... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Sin lies only in hurting other people unnecessarily. All other "sins" are invented nonsense. (Hurtin... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Everybody lies about sex. ROBERT A. HEINLEIN The correct way to punctuate a sentence that states: "Of course it is none of my business, but -- " ... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Work is not an end in itself; there must always be time enough for love. ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Never tease an old dog; he might have one bite left. ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Take big bites. Anything worth doing is worth overdoing. ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Animals can be driven crazy by placing too many in too small a pen. Homo sapiens is the only animal ... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Cheops' Law: Nothing ever gets built on schedule or within budget. ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Certainly the game is rigged. Don't let that stop you; if you don't bet you can't win. ROBERT A. HEINLEIN I came, I saw, she conquered." The original Latin seems to have been garbled. ROBERT A. HEINLEIN If you are part of a society that votes, then do so. There may be no candidates and no measures you ... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Live and learn, or you don't live long. ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Be wary of strong drink, it can make you shoot at the tax collector...and miss. ROBERT A. HEINLEIN A generation which ignores history has no past — and no future. ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Delusions are often functional. A mother's opinions about her children's beauty, intelligence, goodn... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Always listen to experts. They'll tell you what can't be done, and why. Then do it. ROBERT A. HEINLEIN There is no such thing as "Just a cat. ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Customs tell a man who he is, where he belongs, what he must do. Better illogical customs than none;... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Find out what you want to do, then do it. Never talk yourself into doing something you don’t want.... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Television leaves no external scars. ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Some people insist that ‘mediocre’ is better than ‘best.’ They delight in clipping wings bec... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Dress yourself in heavy fishing waders, put on an overcoat and boxing gloves and a bucket over your ... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Library science was the foundation of all sciences. ROBERT A. HEINLEIN You can't believe what a lovely planet we have until you see her from outside. ROBERT A. HEINLEIN The Mother Thing makes our world. ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Everybody else specializes. Daddy knows everything, and he puts the pieces together. ROBERT A. HEINLEIN More depended on the student than on the school. ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Mother had the social restraint of an ambassador. ROBERT A. HEINLEIN I needed a space suit the way a pig needs a pipe organ. ROBERT A. HEINLEIN