45 quotes
As someone once said, "Just because you're not interested in politics does not mean that politics won't be interested in you."
Any time someone puts a lock on something you own against your wishes, and doesn't give you the key, they're not doing it for your benefit.
All evil in the world is the result of an imbalance between the people who benefit from shenanigans and the people who get screwed by shenanigans.
Petard: A Tale of Just Deserts (2014)
Things are true or they aren’t, no matter how old the person saying them happens to be.
The Man Who Sold The Moon (2014)
Doesn’t matter how old the speaker is, it’s the words that matter.
The Man Who Sold The Moon (2014)
It is a mistake to let aesthetics drive your rational decision making.
Anything that can't go on forever will eventually stop.
It turns out that teaching is one of those things like raising a kid or working out—sometimes amazing, often difficult and painful, but, in hindsight, amazing.
The Man Who Sold The Moon (2014)
AI is the asbestos we are shoveling into the walls of our society and our descendants will be digging it out for generations.
Again, I was torn between the impulse to hang up on him and to hear more. Nosiness won (nosiness always wins; bets on nosiness are a sure thing).
Petard: A Tale of Just Deserts (2014)
“How’s your parents?”
She didn't manage to hide her smile. “Their weirdness is terminal.”
Use deliberately compromised cryptography, that has a back door that only the "good guys" are supposed to have the keys to, and you have effectively no security.
And don’t talk to me about having a positive attitude. The reason all those who’ve died of cancer croaked is because they had cancer, not because they were too gloomy.
The Man Who Sold The Moon (2014)
It's not necessarily about what career you pick. It's about how you do what you do.
Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town (2005)
Beautiful was not the opposite of terrible. The two could easily co-exist.
Petard: A Tale of Just Deserts (2014)
Of all the people who failed to buy one of my books today, the vast majority did so because they never heard of them, not because they got a free digital copy from the Internet.
Existence proofs always trump theory. That’s engineering.
The Man Who Sold The Moon (2014)
There are lots of things I try not to dwell upon. The fact that this is all my fault is one of those things.
They just hated and feared us because our government hated and feared them.
The Man Who Sold The Moon (2014)
Never underestimate the determination of a kid who is time rich and cash poor.
Little Brother (2008)