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Quotes from The Stochastic Man — Robert Silverberg

born 1935 United States

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Gottfried, like any true dictator, liked to surround himself with bland obliging ciphers.

The Stochastic Man (1975)

Thus does the unyielding, inescapable future ineluctably devour the present.

The Stochastic Man (1975)

We are born by accident into a purely random universe.

The Stochastic Man (1975)

It’s not a philosophy, Mr. Nichols. It’s an accommodation to the nature of reality.

The Stochastic Man (1975)

So it is with all the great leaders: the commodity they have to sell is personality. Mere ideas can be left to lesser men.

The Stochastic Man (1975)

No man ever looked more like a President than Harding; it was his only qualification for the job, but it was enough to get him there.

The Stochastic Man (1975)

“This isn’t just consulting work, Haig. It means going into politics.”
“So?”
“What do I need it for?”
“Nobody needs anything except a little food and water now and then. The rest is preferences.”

The Stochastic Man (1975)

Attribution

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