491 quotes
But I do not willingly involve us in nationalistic wars; the side of the angels is seldom self-evident.
Friday (1982)
Time after time he had fallen into the Cartesian fallacy, mistaking clear reasoning for correct reasoning.
Off the Main Sequence (2005)
The situation has multifarious ramifications not immediately apparent to the unassisted optic.
The Rolling Stones (1952)
Boats and ships are female because they are beautiful, lovable, expensive—and unpredictable.
I Will Fear No Evil (1970)
How can I possibly put a new idea into your heads, if I do not first remove your delusions?
The Past Through Tomorrow (1967)
The death rate is the same for us as for anybody...one person, one death, sooner or later.
Tunnel in the Sky (1955)
“I don’t recommend disturbing either corpses or golfers.”
“There’s a difference?”
To Sail Beyond the Sunset (1987)
As Thorby learned to use his mind, he found that he liked to; he developed an insatiable appetite for the printed page.
Citizen of the Galaxy (1957)
“I wish Doc Pickering was here.”
“Yeah, and if fish had feet, they’d be mice.”
Space Cadet (1948)
“You mean that, Henry?”
“I always mean what I say, sir. It saves time.”
The Star Beast (1954)
“Sometimes I think,” he told Tex, “that Th’Wing thinks that I am an idiot studying hard to become a moron—but flunking the course.”
Space Cadet (1948)
It would be silly of me to argue with something I don’t understand.
The Cat Who Walks Through Walls (1985)
When I don’t understand, I have an unbearable itch to know why.
Have Space Suit—Will Travel (1958)
Every law that was ever written opened up a new way to graft.
Red Planet (1949)
I've never understood how God could expect his creatures to pick the one true religion by faith — it strikes me as a sloppy way to run a universe.
Stranger in a Strange Land (1961)
I am learning that we still have things to learn.
The Number of the Beast (1980)
We are strangers, all of us, family most of all.
To Sail Beyond the Sunset (1987)
You’re not stupid, Richard, just spiritual.
The Cat Who Walks Through Walls (1985)
A man without cash had one arm in a sling.
Off the Main Sequence (2005)
“Dr. Harshaw says that ’the word “love” designates a subjective condition in which the welfare and happiness of another person are essential to one’s own happiness.’”
The Cat Who Walks Through Walls (1985)