45 quotes
The fundamental of war has always been dehumanizing the enemy, seeing him as a soulless animal.
Factoring Humanity (1998)
Still, you must know that the fear of death is irrational; death comes to everyone.
Calculating God (2000)
He who foresees calamities suffers them twice over.
Flashforward (1999)
You’re right to be skeptical—the world would be a better place if we were all a little less credulous.
Flashforward (1999)
Adjectives modify nouns, adverbs modify verbs, advertisers modify the truth.
He cursed himself for thinking anything this complex would end up not being a source of problems.
Frameshift (1997)
You humans seem to have a profound capacity for ignoring obvious evidence.
Calculating God (2000)
Learning to ignore things is one of the great paths to inner peace.
Calculating God (2000)
There may be oodles of possible humans, but it is a finite number.
Flashforward (1999)
Science holds our answer; knowledge—real knowledge, verifiable knowledge, not superstition, not religious nonsense—will be our salvation.
Quintaglio Ascension Trilogy (1992)
Only a fool fights in a building that’s on fire.
Quintaglio Ascension Trilogy (1992)
Failing to act is a decision in and of itself.
The intelligent person must abhor violence.
Quintaglio Ascension Trilogy (1992)
The sad truth, Afsan, is that often what we intend has little to do with what we achieve.
Quintaglio Ascension Trilogy (1992)
“That’s not an appealing thought.”
Afsan had never worried about how appealing any given idea was, only about how accurate it might be.
Quintaglio Ascension Trilogy (1992)
Nothing is anything unless it is something. In other words, a concept without material reality is meaningless.
Quintaglio Ascension Trilogy (1992)
I am a priest. It’s my job to whip individuals or groups into a frenzy.
Quintaglio Ascension Trilogy (1992)
I’m old, and if that has one advantage, it’s perspective: I’ve seen so much change during my lifetime.
Quintaglio Ascension Trilogy (1992)
Afsan stood tall. “I am not afraid.”
“Fear is important, young one. Fear is the counselor. Those who don’t know when to fear wind up dead.”
Quintaglio Ascension Trilogy (1992)
Free will is an illusion. It is synonymous with incomplete perception.
Flashforward (1999)