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Joe Haldeman Quotes

born 1943 United States

Joe William Haldeman (born 9 June 1943) is an American science fiction author.

United States
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Science fiction authors

Also known as: Haldeman, Joe

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44 quotes

Nobody else in that platoon can tell a Hamiltonian from a hamburger.

Forever Peace (1997)

Key West is lousy with writers, mostly poor writers, in one sense of that word or the other.

The Hemingway Hoax (1990)

“I’ll be frank with you.” Leonard reflected that that was one of the least trust-inspiring phrases in the language.

Infinite Dreams (1978)

Fathers and daughters don’t communicate that well even when alien languages and secret conspiracies aren’t involved.

Forever Free (1999)

Big money seeks out the company of its own, for purposes of reproduction.

For White Hill (1995)

Knowing the real world makes your imaginary world more believable.

None So Blind (1996)

Like a lot of things that everybody knows, it wasn’t true.

Forever Peace (1997)

Maybe war is an inevitable product of human nature. Maybe to get rid of war, we have to become something other than human.

Forever Peace (1997)

I could have argued with his logic, but over the years have learned to find more pleasant ways to waste my time.

Forever Free (1999)

Most of human history had been industry versus nature, with industry winning.

Forever Free (1999)

Maybe after the war we’ll be civilized again. That’s the way it has always happened in the past.

Forever Peace (1997)

Rationalism doesn’t require “belief,” only observation. The real, measurable world doesn’t care what you believe.

The Accidental Time Machine (2007)

Nothing is simple. The only thing that’s simple is that nothing is simple.

The Hemingway Hoax (1990)

Any time somebody starts out a sentence with your name, Leonard thought, they’re trying to sell you something.

Infinite Dreams (1978)

“We’re in jail, Charlie.” I made a gesture that didn’t knock anything over. “We can’t see the bars because they’re over the horizon.”

Forever Free (1999)

She hadn’t been such a bad girl before the power went to her head.

The Forever War (1974)

Fish and chickens were the only animals we’d had aboard in zerogee. Fish can’t tell the difference and chickens are too dumb to care.

Forever Free (1999)

“The problem with most people,” Samuel cut in, “isn’t that they don’t know a lot of things. Just that most of what they know is wrong.”

Infinite Dreams (1978)

The generator was worth its weight in bureaucrats.

Forever Free (1999)

I had to stifle an impulse to laugh. Surely “cowardice“ had nothing to do with his decision. Surely he had nothing so primitive and unmilitary as a will to live.

The Forever War (1974)

Attribution

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