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Quotes from Convergence — Charles Sheffield

1935–2002 England

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14 quotes

Nothing in life produce a more powerful joy than a near miss by the Angel of Death.

Convergence (1997)

He realized a profound truth: there is no one so generous as a bureaucrat spending other people’s money.

Convergence (1997)

Science wasn’t a show-business talent, conducted in large halls and decided by audience applause.

Convergence (1997)

One form of insanity bears the name curiosity.

Convergence (1997)

When a person was so consistently wrong, it was time to give up having opinions.

Convergence (1997)

Improbable as it seems, I think she admires you more than me.

Convergence (1997)

His mind was as furiously active as his hormones.

Convergence (1997)

Didn’t anything scare the two aliens? Sometimes she wondered if humans were the only beings in the universe with a sense of cowardice (be charitable, and call it and instinct for self-preservation).

Convergence (1997)

Trouble comes in a thousand different ways. Not usually anything you expect, either. That’s why it’s trouble.

Convergence (1997)

Are we perhaps guilty of temporal chauvinism, believing that our own time is uniquely important, as all generation tend to think that their time is of unique importance?

Convergence (1997)

“Professor Lang’s important work, with all due respect, does not answer that question.”
The knife, sliding in hidden behind the compliment. “With all due respect” meant “with no respect at all.”

Convergence (1997)

He was a professional trouble-shooter. That was a fancy name for an idiot.

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Theories were a dime a dozen. The partition that separated science and wishful thinking was evidence: observations and firm facts.

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“How did you do that?”
The Hymenopt inclined her head. “With respect, Professor Lang, great intellectual power, even at the level you possess it, is not always a substitute for humble practical experience.”

Convergence (1997)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Charles Sheffield (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.