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Quotes from Omega — Jack McDevitt

born 1935 United States

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Defend your opinion only if it can be shown to be true, not because it is your opinion.

Omega (2003)

The queen of virtues is the recognition of one’s own flaws.

Omega (2003)

Prudence, and experience, suggested she expect the worst.

Omega (2003)

Of course, they (i. e., demons) had always been observed with some regularity, but that could usually be ascribed to an overabundance of piety or wine or imagination. Take your pick.

Omega (2003)

Somewhere we taught ourselves that our opinions are more significant than the facts. And somehow we get our egos and our opinions and Truth all mixed up in a single package, so that when something does challenge one of the notions to which we subscribe, we react as if it challenges us.

Omega (2003)

Attribution

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