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He’s an order of magnitude better than mere diplomats. He’s a conniver.
The Sunborn (2005)
None of the above. That’s often the right answer, and bugger the exams.
The Sunborn (2005)
Individual recollections of the past are easily shaped by others. After a while they need have little bearing on the once-lived events.
Beyond Infinity (2004)
When you have a Ph. D., you call them hypotheses, not guesses.
Vortex (2016)
Not sure. When don’t know, do experiment.
The Sunborn (2005)
Inside, the place had enough bare concrete and ribbed ducts and stark lighting to be a surrealist theme bar. Very hip but still just another joint where luncheon was lunch for six bucks extra.
Cosm (1998)
Indeed, high-blown rhetoric plus uncheckable consequences were the two sure signatures of the crank.
Cosm (1998)
(Crank theories) always violated the first rule of a scientific model: they were uncheckable.
Timescape (1980)
There was something about such reflex stupidity that never failed to irritate him.
Timescape (1980)
The personal was, compared with the tides of great nations, a bothersome detail.
Timescape (1980)
Only senators and simpletons thought science took place in neatly drawn boxes.
Cosm (1998)
Prolonged exposure to journalists made her distrust any news report; they got matters wrong so casually, even the simple ones.
Cosm (1998)
In any case, caution outweighed theory, as mice knew about elephants.
Beyond Infinity (2004)
He didn’t regret growing older, it was a privilege denied to many.
The Man Who Sold The Stars (2013)
A particle detector that ran beautifully was either obsolete or hadn’t been designed close enough to the cutting edge of the technology.
Cosm (1998)
Teaching was all very fine, but research made the heart sing.
Cosm (1998)
The problem with the unknown was its lack of road signs.
Cosm (1998)
Curious, how any tool properly made acquires a beauty.
Beyond Infinity (2004)
Everybody feels he has a right to a life of luxury — or at least comfort — so there’s a lot of frustration and resentment when the dream craps out.
Timescape (1980)
From birth it had integrated each experience with its innate sense of balance and appropriate scale—indeed, this was the sole purpose of its conscious being.
Beyond Infinity (2004)