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Quotes from The Fuller Memorandum — Charles Stross

born 1964 England

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It is a truth universally acknowledged that a sane employee in possession of his wits must be in want of a good manager.

The Fuller Memorandum (2010)

Let’s just say that you can’t always trust the historical record and move swiftly on.

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On the other hand, unreliability never stopped anyone from using a given technology—just look at Microsoft if you don’t believe me.

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She’s half-past overdrawn at the bank of life.

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Beauty may be skin-deep, but horror goes all the way down to the desiccated bone beneath.

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The trouble is, you can ignore history—but history won’t necessarily ignore you.

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Once is happenstance but twice is enemy action, and thrice is a fuck-up.

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If there’s one thing extreme god-botherers of every stripe have in common, it’s that they don’t have any sense of humor at all where their beliefs are concerned.

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Our trains are not ambushed by dragons, suicide bombers, or chthonian tentacle monsters. Frankly, given the quality of the postprandial conversation, this is not a net positive.

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People tend to underestimate him on first acquaintance. It’s a mistake they only make once. Whether or not they survive.

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Unfortunately it’s also true to say that good management is a bit like oxygen—it’s invisible and you don’t notice its presence until it’s gone, and then you’re sorry.

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Like I said: the only god I believe in is coming back. And when he arrives, I’ll be waiting with a shotgun.

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It’s like a steam locomotive or a stone axe: just because it’s obsolete doesn’t make it any less of an achievement, or any less fit for purpose.

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But who cares?
That is, indeed, the big-ticket question.

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I’m not one hundred percent clear on the clinical definition of death, but I’m pretty sure that lying trapped in my own unbreathing body meets some of the requirements.

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“Here, take this. How about a toast? Confusion to the enemy!”
I raise my glass. “What enemy?”
He shrugs: “IT, Human Resources, the grim march of time—whoever you want, really.”

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Attribution

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