Quotes About Man

The Encyclopaedia Galactica defines a robot as a mechanical apparatus designed to do the work of a man. The marketing division of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation defines a robot as 'Your Plastic Pal Who's Fun To Be With'.

In fact there was only one species on the planet more intelligent than dolphins, and they spent a lot of their time in behavioral research laboratories running round inside wheels and conducting frighteningly elegant and subtle experiments on man.

In fact there was only one species on the planet more intelligent than dolphins, and they spent a lot of their time in behavioral research laboratories running round inside wheels and conducting frighteningly elegant and subtle experiments on man. The fact that once again man completely misinterpreted this relationship was entirely according to these creatures' plans.

One, a young man, was tall, thin and angular; even muffled inside a heavy dark coat he walked a little like an affronted heron. The

The party blundered helplessly across the sky like a man leaning against an unexpectedly open door. It spun and wobbled on its hover jets. It tried to right itself and wronged itself instead.

what is he, man or mouse? Is he interested in nothing more than tea and the wider issues of life? Has he no spirit? Has he no passion? Does he not, to put it in a nutshell, fuck?

Listen!" said Roosta urgently. "You can kill a man, destroy his body, break his spirit, but only the Total Perspective Vortex can annihilate a man's soul! The treatment lasts seconds, but the effects last the rest of your life!

I have no memory of him talking,' said the man, 'but I am very unreliable.

Ah," said Arthur, "er …" He had an odd feeling of being like a man in the act of adultery who is surprised when the woman's husband wanders into the room, changes his trousers, passes a few idle remarks about the weather and leaves again.

He gasped in terror at what sounded like a man trying to gargle while fighting off a pack of wolves.

Charming man,' he said. 'I wish I had a daughter so I could forbid her to marry one . .

Late, as in the late Dentarthurdent," said the old man, sternly.

Coisas terríveis, incompreensíveis – gritou –, coisas que deixariam qualquer homem louco! Olhou para eles assustado. – Ou, no meu caso – acrescentou –, meio louco. Sou um jornalista.

You're very sure of your facts,' he said at last, 'I couldn't trust the thinking of a man who takes the Universe — if there is one — for granted.' ... 'I only decide about my Universe,' continued the man quietly. 'My Universe is my eyes and my ears. Anything else is hearsay.

Today is, indeed, one of the days of the Son of Man, let us rejoice and be glad in it.

To bring order into this jangled sphere man must find its centre Marshall McLuhan

Wade tried to imagine Florida before the advent of man, but couldn't. The landscape seemed too thoroughly colonized -- the trailers, factory outlets, and cocktail shacks of the world below. He decided that if human beings took over the moon, they'd probably just turn it into Florida.

they Could Not vote for a man unless he Could make a hand well Said he Boys if that is all i am shure of your votes he took hold of the Cradle Led the way all the Round with Perfect ease the Boys was satisfide and i dont think he Lost a vote in the Croud

at least the higher animals have souls, and they are inevitably saved. Only man, who has the capacity for good and evil, can be damned.

Encuentre al hombre que hizo esto," she said

It was a show, Corvus knew: underneath the genteel exterior was a man with all the refinement and sensitivity of a ferret.

man and ape are separated more by ego than anatomy

I like your custom 1911," the man said, glancing at Pendergast's weapon. "Les Baer Thunder Ranch Special? Nice-looking piece.

This idea that animals in nature are uncorrupt and peaceful, while man is corrupt, violent, and unnatural, is sheer, unadulterated, unmitigated, onehundred-percent crap.