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Daniel Suarez Quotes

born 1964 United States

Daniel Suarez (born December 21, 1964) is an American author of the 2006 techno-thriller Daemon.

United States
Novelists

Also known as: Daemon (novel), Freedom™

Random Daniel Suarez quote

15 quotes

"You never understood games. Maybe that's why the world was such a mystery to you."

Daemon (2006)

"Mammals of every species indulge in play. Games are Nature's way of preparing us to face difficult realities."

Daemon (2006)

"I suspect that democracy is not viable in a technologically advanced society. Free people wield too much ability to destroy."

Daemon (2006)

Food is the very heart of freedom. How can people be free if they can’t feed themselves without getting sued for patent violations?

Freedom™ (2010)

Technology. It is the physical manifestation of the human will.

Daemon (2006)

Wealth aggregates and becomes political power. Simple as that. ‘Corporation’ is just the most recent name for it.

Freedom™ (2010)

Fact and fiction carry the same intrinsic weight in the marketplace of ideas. Fortunately, reality has no advertising budget.

Freedom™ (2010)

I've been amused by the debate in America over whether torture is effective... Of course it's effective.

Freedom™ (2010)

You know, the average Chinese factory worker must think Americans are insane.

Daemon (2006)

This was as far from Main Street as he'd ever been. This wasn't the tattooed, pierced, neo-tribal rebellious bullshit of his generation. This was a quiet demonstration of networked power. This was it.

Daemon (2006)

At issue is not whether the global economy will pass away. It is passing away. Rising populations and debt combined with depletion of freshwater sources and fossil fuel make the status quo untenable. The only question is whether civil society will survive the transition.

Freedom™ (2010)

And I tell you that Americans are fucking ignorant of their freedom. They're about as free as the Chinese. Except the Chinese don't lie to themselves.

Freedom™ (2010)

...we know instantly whenever anyone touches our data—and who touched it. That’s the best one can hope for in a technologically advanced society.

Freedom™ (2010)

For average working folks, America was becoming a puzzle. Who was buying all these two-hundred-dollar copper saucepans, anyway? And how was everyone paying for these BMWs? Were people shrewd or just stupefyingly irresponsible?

Daemon (2006)

"Perfect replication is the enemy of any robust system... Lacking a central nervous system—much less a brain—the parasite is a simple system designed to compromise a very specific target host. The more uniform the host, the more effective the infestation."

Daemon (2006)

Attribution

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