22 Quotes by Dale Ahlquist

All proof begins with something which cannot be proved, but can only be perceived or accepted, and is called an axiom or first principle.

The whole modern world has divided itself into Conservatives and Progressives. The business of Progressives is to go on making mistakes. The business of the Conservatives is to prevent the mistakes being corrected.

The problem is this. We worship the new instead of the eternal. And when we worship the new, we are always changing our allegiances, because there will always be something newer. Look.

Popular science tries to define realities, and then finds that the definition can be extended to any number of unrealities.

Why should your conscience be any more reliable than your rotting teeth or your quite special defect of eyesight?

Politicians now think they have to educate the electorate and explain to them what is good for them. Gone are the days when the electorate educated their representatives .

You can say anything against a man who praises himself, but a man who blames himself is invulnerable.

Drink because you are happy, but never because you are miserable. Never.

When he traveled, he was writing. When he was at the pub, he was writing. He would stop in the middle of a staircase or a crowded street to write. When he ran out of paper, he would write on his shirt cuffs. He was always writing. He was one of the most prolific writers who ever lived. A hundred books, thousands of essays, hundreds of poems.