118 quotes
He objected on principle to the powerful.
The Engines of God (1994)
Never confuse perfection with production. People who don’t make mistakes aren’t doing anything.
Ancient Shores (1996)
When she’d mentioned it to Matt, he had piously denied everything. Piety was always how you knew Matt was lying.
Infinity Beach (2000)
Talking with most people usually involves a search for truth. Talking with congressmen is strictly special effects.
Odyssey (2006)
The cultures we can look at had already grasped the essential unity of nature. No board of gods can survive that knowledge.
The Engines of God (1994)
Freedom and idiots make a volatile mix. And the sad truth is that the idiocy quotient in the general population is alarmingly high.
Odyssey (2006)
The problem is that too often the only people who can act don’t want change. Power doesn’t so much corrupt as it breeds conservatism.
The Engines of God (1994)
What would happen is that people like Geroge and Alyx would grow old and die chasing a dream. Although there were probably worse things to do with one’s life.
Chindi (2002)
Truth is like nudity: It is on occasion indispensable, but it is dangerous and should not be displayed openly. It is truth that gives life its grandeur, but the polite fictions that make it bearable.
Infinity Beach (2000)
If you're right, and nobody really cares what’s out there, I wonder whether we’re even worth saving.
Odyssey (2006)
Truth is slippery, not because it is difficult to grasp, but because we prefer our preconceptions, our beliefs, our myths.
Odyssey (2006)
Mac continued to write scathing commentary on assorted hypocrisies in high places and low, without which hypocrisies, he cheerfully conceded, civilized life would be impossible.
Deepsix (2001)
Yes, it was not journalism’s finest hour. But, MacAllister often argued, it never had been.
Odyssey (2006)
One could not always put safety up front as the prime goal. Do that, and who would ever achieve anything of note?
Chindi (2002)
Decisions are always made with insufficient information. If you really knew what was going on, the decision would make itself.
Odyssey (2006)
Faith is conviction without evidence, and sometimes even in the face of contrary evidence. In some quarters, this quality is perceived as a virtue.
Odyssey (2006)
“Technology is dangerous.”
“How do you mean?”
“It can provide horrendous weapons to idiots.”
Cauldron (2007)
“Organized mayhem,” Nick commented, “seems to be the chief preoccupation of intelligent species everywhere.”
Chindi (2002)
He was a good salesman, which was to say he could look people directly in the eye while making the most preposterous claims.
Infinity Beach (2000)
Her experience had taught her that people who insisted on having others recognize their outstanding qualities usually didn’t have any.
Chindi (2002)