H.G. Wells
- Outline of History
Ignorance is the first penalty of pride. The philosopher had no mechanical skills and the artisan had no philosophical education, and it was left for another age, more than a thousand years later to bring together glass and the astronomer.
Stephen King, pg 118
- 'Salem's Lot
Ben suddenly had an uncomfortable image: Here is a fish swimming around comfortably and (he thinks) unobtrusively, flicking here and there amongst the kelp and the plankton. Draw away for the long view and there's the kicker: It's a goldfish bowl.