161 quotes
The limits we assign to Nature sometimes define our own lack of imagination.
Starfire (1999)
In the old words of wisdom, you can fool some of the people all of the time and all of the people some of the time, and that’s usually enough to get by.
The Mind Pool (1993)
When in doubt, follow the money trail. People could lie, motives could be disguised, even acts could be misunderstood. Money was as constant as human nature.
Proteus In The Underworld (1995)
You crazy? You’ve got me confused with a guy who cares about other people.
Resurgence (2002)
When you have something to do, do it. When you have nothing to do, sleep.
Resurgence (2002)
That’s why we want it. Impossible gadgets are always the most valuable.
Divergence (1991)
I learned a long time ago that it’s a bad habit to waste effort counting your friends. It’s your enemies you need to look out for.
The Spheres of Heaven (2001)
Decisions based on incomplete information are one thing, a fact of political life. Decisions made with no information are another.
Aftermath (1998)
It is one of the unfortunate aspects of the legal profession that excess carries no penalty. There is never, for a lawyer, such a thing as too much.
Aftermath (1998)
There was one good argument against cloning, and only one. It increased the total number of people, and to me that number already felt far too large.
Dancing with Myself (1993)
Darya found the logic of her thought processes so compelling that it never occurred to her that others might have a different reaction. But they did.
Transcendence (1992)
The heirs, naturally, wanted everything to be theirs as soon as possible. No one is more rapacious, ruthless, and impatient than a loving family member.
Aftermath (1998)
The bad thing about being a world-class worrier was that being right was worse than being wrong.
Starfire (1999)
Who should run the world? There’s no easy answer, no magic solution. There never is, to a really hard question.
Brother to Dragons (1992)
When a person was so consistently wrong, it was time to give up having opinions.
Convergence (1997)
Idle wishing for circumstances different from what you had was a waste of time.
Resurgence (2002)
“It sounds reasonable to me.”
“Reasonable, but not true. Big difference.”
Proteus In The Underworld (1995)
Improbable as it seems, I think she admires you more than me.
Convergence (1997)
I worry when I hear talk of “this many millions” and “that many billions” from officials who I know have trouble calculating a restaurant tip.
Dancing with Myself (1993)
His mind was as furiously active as his hormones.
Convergence (1997)