Science Fiction Quotes - Page 13

Money is a tool we use to reach certain ends. Nothing more, nothing less. It’s hard to come by, though, so when opportunities arise, we need to make the most of them.

There’s a part of me that recognizes him on a cellular level, a part that seeks his comfort and solace, that feels more than comfortable in his arms. And when he stares at me with that deep penetrating gaze of his, my body reacts in all the right, and wrong, ways.

It seems to me, Golan, that the advance of civilization is nothing but an exercise in the limiting of privacy.

You talk as if a god had made the Machine," cried the other. "I believe that you pray to it when you are unhappy. Men made it, do not forget that. Great men, but men. The Machine is much, but not everything.

So much American science fiction is parochial - not as true now as it was years ago, but the assumption is one culture in the future, more or less like ours, and with the same ideals, the same notions of how to do things, just bigger and flashier technology. Well, you know darn well it doesn't work that way...

The limits of the possible can only be defined by going beyond them into the impossible

Be like the koru; as you go forward into the forever-changing future, always remain faithful to the point of origin.

The future is all around us, waiting in moments of transition to be born in moments of revelation. No one knows the shape of the future or where it will take us. We know only that it is always born in pain.

Dwell in the past, worry about the future and find misery in the present.

She liked who she was becoming, despite the pain and frustration it brought.

In the world union, prosperity is a science, self-interest a new religion, peace is at hand and the future has never looked brighter.

Now, this was a combination that she wouldn’t dare to dream of, even in her worst nightmare.

As one climbs up the ladders in society, one starts feeling more and more like an owner, less like a member of it.

She was afraid of not being able to pull herself out of the dream world, never waking up, never knowing what really happened, never realizing her goals, her hopes, her dreams.

You can only rise so far by climbing on others’ shoulders, you know.

The worst kind of victim was the kind that was aware of nothing.

It’s more like he was an ant in the land of elephants. Nobody would notice his presence, no matter how much noise he might make.

In post-modern finance, everybody took a risk when lending or borrowing.

This director could say many things about duty, and self-respect, and dignity, but she knew none of these meant much in the post-modern world.

I’d likte to welcome you to the land of free, where healthy, wealthy, happy people contribute to the civilization under the protection of the rules of capitalism, laws of science and rights of universal suffrage.