
“Whether we believe in God depends very much on what we mean by God.”
Source: Broca's Brain (1979), Chapter 23, “A Sunday Sermon” (p. 330)
Source: Vorkosigan Saga, Captain Vorpatril's Alliance (2012), Chapter 20 (p. 442)
“Whether we believe in God depends very much on what we mean by God.”
Source: Broca's Brain (1979), Chapter 23, “A Sunday Sermon” (p. 330)
interview at John's studio, Billy Klüver, March 1963, as quoted in Jasper Johns, Writings, sketchbook Notes, Interviews, ed. Kirk Varnedoe, Moma New York, 1996, p. 85
1960s
“Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.”
“You have to trust the words. They do not create anything more than themselves.”
Source: Dash & Lily's Book of Dares
“There's no limit to how much you'll know, depending how far beyond zebra you go.”
"Robert Anton Wilson: Searching For Cosmic Intelligence" - interview by Jeffrey Elliot (1980)
Context: My early work is politically anarchist fiction, in that I was an anarchist for a long period of time. I'm not an anarchist any longer, because I've concluded that anarchism is an impractical ideal. Nowadays, I regard myself as a libertarian. I suppose an anarchist would say, paraphrasing what Marx said about agnostics being "frightened atheists," that libertarians are simply frightened anarchists. Having just stated the case for the opposition, I will go along and agree with them: yes, I am frightened. I'm a libertarian because I don't trust the people as much as anarchists do. I want to see government limited as much as possible; I would like to see it reduced back to where it was in Jefferson's time, or even smaller. But I would not like to see it abolished. I think the average American, if left totally free, would act exactly like Idi Amin. I don't trust the people any more than I trust the government.
Without Me, You're Nothing: The Essential Guide to Home Computers (1981), co-written with Max Barnard
General sources
“You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will live in torment if you do not trust enough”
As quoted in Business Education World, Vol. 15 (1935) p. 172.