Vernor Vinge Quotes
1944–2024 United States
Vernor Vinge (October 2, 1944 – March 20, 2024) was a computer scientist and science fiction author, as well as a retired San Diego State University Professor of Mathematics.
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67 quotes
“I have come to kill you.”
The death’s heads shrugged. “You have come to try.”
How to explain? How to describe? Even the omniscient viewpoint quails.
Yes, we did quite well. But then, telling people what they want to believe is an easy job.
He claimed that nearby gun thunder cleared the mind—but most everybody else agreed it made you daft.
The closer a Citizen came to the centers of power, the more of a madhouse the universe became.
Technical people don’t make good slaves. Without their wholehearted cooperation, things fall apart.
One of his many mottos was, “If you didn’t figure it out yourself, you don’t understand it.”
The voice was gentle, like a scalpel petting the short hairs of your throat.
He was guided by what he saw rather than by what he wanted to believe.
"Poor humans; they will all die."
"Poor us; we will not."
So high, so low, so many things to know.
Some dreams take a long time in dying. Some get a last minute reprieve…and that can be even worse.
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Vernor Vinge (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.