Even when things are at their worst, there's a little voice in your head saying, 'Good story!'
I have raised for myself a monument more durable than brass.
It is courage, courage, courage, that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor. Live bravely and present a brave front to adversity
Nothing's beautiful from every point of view.
A word once let out of the cage cannot be whistled back again.
It is no great art to say something briefly when, like Tacitus, one has something to say; when one has nothing to say, however, and none the less writes a whole book and makes truth into a liar - that I call an achievement.
Never despair. [Nil desperandum. ]
There is nothing to compare with the instantaneous feedback a singer gets from the people sitting in front of him. That is where it all comes together - all the rehearsing and working to get everything just exactly right.
World War III would become a great possibility, but such a scenario is quite possible under any new US administration. . . To answer your question: business as usual.
The challenge presented by the prospect of superintelligence, and how we might best respond is quite possibly the most important and most daunting challenge humanity has ever faced. And-whether we succeed or fail-it is probably the last challenge we will ever face.
"Night sky was black and then there was blood, morning crack of light on the edge of the earth. " The ideal first sentence contains within it an intimation of the whole book 'Red Sky in Morning'. That's what I was hoping for.