121 quotes
My old friend Pal had a philosophy: “When you lack understanding, or subtlety, you can still get your argument across with a monkey wrench.”
Kiln People (2002)
Ah well. Heaven is a state of mind. I knew that now.
Kiln People (2002)
Loneliness, her arch enemy, never seemed content.
Glory Season (1993)
Your idea of progress doesn’t sound like mine.
Kiln People (2002)
Indignation is a drug that burns long and hot.
Kiln People (2002)
Ideologies are too seductive anyway. It does a man good to see things from a different point of view.
Earth (1990)
We can’t save the world without food. Only people with full stomachs become environmentalists.
Earth (1990)
The Union will awaken. It always has. We always will.
A rant about stupidity... and the coming civil war (2009)
He managed to lie by implication while speaking words that were the literal truth, a skill he had grown good at, if not proud of.
The Postman (1985)
The man talked, but somehow nothing he said seemed to make any sense.
Earth (1990)
That is, some did, way back in when decent republicans and democrats shared one aim — to negotiate better solutions for the republic.
A rant about stupidity... and the coming civil war (2009)
History and geology show what an eyeblink it’s been since our current, comfortable culture came about. And yet that culture is using up absolutely everything at a ferocious rate.
Earth (1990)
From you, my boy, I expect no less than the completely preposterous and utterly calamitous.
Earth (1990)
Life is not fair...Anyone who says it is, or even that it ought to be, is a fool or worse.
The Uplift War (1987)
Did you arrogantly expect that the entire universe was waiting upon man to arrive?
Kiln People (2002)
Beware of assumptions that seem “obvious” in one decade. They may become quaint in the next.
Earth (1990)
Technology keeps changing and the cams keep getting smaller. Only fools count on their secrets staying safe forever.
Kiln People (2002)
All legends must be based on lies, Gordon realized. We exaggerate, and even come to believe the tales, after a while.
The Postman (1985)
Evolution doesn’t happen without pain or loss. A lot of fish died, in order for a few to stand. The price may be worthwhile…
Kiln People (2002)
You don’t have conversations with microprocessors. You tell them what to do, then helplessly watch the disaster when they take you literally!
Startide Rising (1983)