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David Brin quotes: Change is the very fabric of our time.

Change is the very fabric of our time.

David Brin quotes: The fundamental premise of sci-fi is not spaceships and lasers - it's that children can learn from the mistakes of their parents.

The fundamental premise of sci-fi is not spaceships and lasers - it's that children can learn from the mistakes of their parents.

David Brin quotes: It is a paradox of Life that all species breed past mere replacement. Any paradise of plenty soon fills to become paradise no more.

It is a paradox of Life that all species breed past mere replacement. Any paradise of plenty soon fills to become paradise no more.

David Brin quotes: Patience is fine, but I'm not going to stop asking the Universe to make sense!

Patience is fine, but I'm not going to stop asking the Universe to make sense!

David Brin quotes: We are, at our core, information pack rats and inveterate correlators.

We are, at our core, information pack rats and inveterate correlators.

David Brin quotes: One of the rules I try to follow is that normal people are going to be involved even in heroic events.

One of the rules I try to follow is that normal people are going to be involved even in heroic events.

David Brin quotes: In the end, the work of diplomats continues even while others fight. So, it's not necessarily true that everyone needs to march.

In the end, the work of diplomats continues even while others fight. So, it's not necessarily true that everyone needs to march.

David Brin quotes: Science Fiction is the jazz of literature.

Science Fiction is the jazz of literature.

David Brin quotes: Life is not fair ... Anyone who says it is, or even that it ought to be, is a fool or worse.

Life is not fair ... Anyone who says it is, or even that it ought to be, is a fool or worse.

David Brin quotes: Creative people see Prometheus in a mirror, never Pandora.

Creative people see Prometheus in a mirror, never Pandora.

David Brin quotes: My first duty to write a gripping yarn. Second is to convey credible characters who make you feel what they feel. Only third comes the idea.

My first duty to write a gripping yarn. Second is to convey credible characters who make you feel what they feel. Only third comes the idea.

David Brin quotes: Science gives man what he needs, but magic gives man what he wants.

Science gives man what he needs, but magic gives man what he wants.

David Brin quotes: Alas, criticism has always been what human beings, especially leaders, most hate to hear.

Alas, criticism has always been what human beings, especially leaders, most hate to hear.

David Brin quotes: The village is coming back, like it or not.

The village is coming back, like it or not.

David Brin quotes: I would normally never set out to write a trilogy.

I would normally never set out to write a trilogy.

David Brin quotes: Where is it written that one should only care about big things?

Where is it written that one should only care about big things?

David Brin quotes: The best means to an end are not always those that appear most direct.

The best means to an end are not always those that appear most direct.

David Brin quotes: With gritty action and realistic science, Peter Watts brings to life a dark and vivid world.

With gritty action and realistic science, Peter Watts brings to life a dark and vivid world.

David Brin quotes: What point was there in pursuing an ever-elusive popularity?

What point was there in pursuing an ever-elusive popularity?

David Brin quotes: You don't have conversations with microprocessors. You tell them what to do, then helplessly watch the disaster when they take you literally!

You don't have conversations with microprocessors. You tell them what to do, then helplessly watch the disaster when they take you literally!

David Brin quotes: Petals floating by, Drift through my woman's hand, As she remembers me.

Petals floating by, Drift through my woman's hand, As she remembers me.

David Brin quotes: A neurosis defends itself by coming up with rationalizations to explain away bizarre behavior.

A neurosis defends itself by coming up with rationalizations to explain away bizarre behavior.

David Brin quotes: Someone once said that one measure of sentience was how much energy a sophont spent on matters other than survival. Fiben

Someone once said that one measure of sentience was how much energy a sophont spent on matters other than survival. Fiben

David Brin quotes: Anyone who wants simple, pat stories should buy another author's product. The real universe ain't that way, and neither are my fictive ones.

Anyone who wants simple, pat stories should buy another author's product. The real universe ain't that way, and neither are my fictive ones.

David Brin quotes: It was a strange trek - the sullen leading the apathetic, followed by the confused, all tailed by the inveterately amused.

It was a strange trek - the sullen leading the apathetic, followed by the confused, all tailed by the inveterately amused.

David Brin quotes: Reciprocal accountability, or criticism [is] the only known antidote to error.

Reciprocal accountability, or criticism [is] the only known antidote to error.

David Brin quotes: The best time to act on this was decades ago. The second best time is now.

The best time to act on this was decades ago. The second best time is now.

David Brin quotes: We aren't a curse upon the world. We are her new eyes. Her brain, testes, ovaries ... her ambition and her heart. Her voice. So sing. (556)

We aren't a curse upon the world. We are her new eyes. Her brain, testes, ovaries ... her ambition and her heart. Her voice. So sing. (556)

David Brin quotes: a species used to strict patterns of inherited hierarchy.

a species used to strict patterns of inherited hierarchy.

David Brin quotes: Change is the principal feature of our age and literature should explore how people deal with it. The best science fiction does that, head-on.

Change is the principal feature of our age and literature should explore how people deal with it. The best science fiction does that, head-on.

David Brin quotes: There was a time, in living memory, when this nation bestrode the planet like a titan.

There was a time, in living memory, when this nation bestrode the planet like a titan.

David Brin quotes: The greedy and the power-hungry will always look for ways to break the rules, or twist them to their advantage.

The greedy and the power-hungry will always look for ways to break the rules, or twist them to their advantage.

David Brin quotes: One of life's joys was to have friends who gave you reality checks ... who would call you on your crap before it rose so high you drowned in it.

One of life's joys was to have friends who gave you reality checks ... who would call you on your crap before it rose so high you drowned in it.

David Brin quotes: Gaia spins on, silently contemplating what it means to be born into a sarcastic universe.

Gaia spins on, silently contemplating what it means to be born into a sarcastic universe.

David Brin quotes: Magic and art arise from an egomaniac's insistence that the artist is right, and the universe wrong.

Magic and art arise from an egomaniac's insistence that the artist is right, and the universe wrong.

David Brin quotes: Fortunately, human beings are remarkably diverse models to work from.

Fortunately, human beings are remarkably diverse models to work from.

David Brin quotes: Dogmas don't have to be entirely logical, as long as they work.

Dogmas don't have to be entirely logical, as long as they work.

David Brin quotes: We already live a very long time for mammals, getting three times as many heartbeats as a mouse or elephant. It never seems enough though, does it?

We already live a very long time for mammals, getting three times as many heartbeats as a mouse or elephant. It never seems enough though, does it?

David Brin quotes: Self-awareness is probably overrated. A complex, self-regulating system doesn't need it in order to be successful, or even smart.

Self-awareness is probably overrated. A complex, self-regulating system doesn't need it in order to be successful, or even smart.

David Brin quotes: Keep as few secrets as possible. The remaining ones will be easier to protect.

Keep as few secrets as possible. The remaining ones will be easier to protect.

David Brin quotes: My education and background thoroughly inform my writing.

My education and background thoroughly inform my writing.

David Brin quotes: Responsibility was our cruel mooring....

Responsibility was our cruel mooring....

David Brin quotes: Your faith in Homo technologicus -the Tinkering Man- has one fatal flaw. It offers you no escape clause.

Your faith in Homo technologicus -the Tinkering Man- has one fatal flaw. It offers you no escape clause.

David Brin quotes: There isn't one America anymore. If there ever had been.

There isn't one America anymore. If there ever had been.

David Brin quotes: Where subtlety fails us we must simply make do with cream pies.

Where subtlety fails us we must simply make do with cream pies.

David Brin quotes: Admit that there is some level that would make even you call yourself the victim of class war.

Admit that there is some level that would make even you call yourself the victim of class war.

David Brin quotes: Beware of assumptions that seem "obvious" in one decade. They may become quaint in the next.

Beware of assumptions that seem "obvious" in one decade. They may become quaint in the next.

David Brin quotes: When it comes to privacy and accountability, people always demand the former for themselves and the latter for everyone else.

When it comes to privacy and accountability, people always demand the former for themselves and the latter for everyone else.

David Brin quotes: But honestly, if you do a rigorous survey of my work, I'll bet you'll find that biology is a theme far more often than physical science.

But honestly, if you do a rigorous survey of my work, I'll bet you'll find that biology is a theme far more often than physical science.

David Brin quotes: We have earned our peace. It is, by now, more precious than honor, or even pity.

We have earned our peace. It is, by now, more precious than honor, or even pity.

David Brin quotes: I regret having been the bearer of ambiguous tidings.

I regret having been the bearer of ambiguous tidings.

David Brin quotes: Would we be tormenting ourselves over the Kennedy assassination today if fifty cameras had been rolling, instead of just poor Abraham Zapruder's?

Would we be tormenting ourselves over the Kennedy assassination today if fifty cameras had been rolling, instead of just poor Abraham Zapruder's?

David Brin quotes: Analog, or Asimov's Magazine, or The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction.

Analog, or Asimov's Magazine, or The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction.

David Brin quotes: In good times, pessimism is a luxury; but in bad times, pessimism is a self-fulfilling and fatal prophecy.

In good times, pessimism is a luxury; but in bad times, pessimism is a self-fulfilling and fatal prophecy.

David Brin quotes: Why must conversions always come so late? Why do people always apologize to corpses?

Why must conversions always come so late? Why do people always apologize to corpses?

David Brin quotes: But Orpheus failed because, like all pakeha, he just couldn't keep his mind on one thing at a time.

But Orpheus failed because, like all pakeha, he just couldn't keep his mind on one thing at a time.

David Brin quotes: The three basic material rights continuity, mutual obligation, and the pursuit of happiness.

The three basic material rights
continuity, mutual obligation, and the pursuit of happiness.

David Brin quotes: Freedom was wonderful beyond relief. But with it came that bitch, Duty.

Freedom was wonderful beyond relief. But with it came that bitch, Duty.

David Brin quotes: There were few worse criminals on any world than the engineer who blithely and knowingly hands over to a tyrant the tools of oppression.

There were few worse criminals on any world than the engineer who blithely and knowingly hands over to a tyrant the tools of oppression.

David Brin quotes: A living planet is a much more complex metaphor for deity than just a bigger father with a bigger fist.

A living planet is a much more complex metaphor for deity than just a bigger father with a bigger fist.

David Brin quotes: Obviously they thought their Lord was giving the haughty tirbeswoman

Obviously they thought their Lord was giving the haughty tirbeswoman

David Brin quotes: Alex felt the words wash over him. He had the strange fantasy the things were seeking places within him to lay their young.

Alex felt the words wash over him. He had the strange fantasy the things were seeking places within him to lay their young.

David Brin quotes: Cultural contamination that is directed outward is always seen as 'enlightenment.

Cultural contamination that is directed outward is always seen as 'enlightenment.

David Brin quotes: Science demands a terrible price - that we accept what experiments tell us about the universe, whether we like it or not.

Science demands a terrible price - that we accept what experiments tell us about the universe, whether we like it or not.

David Brin quotes: I suppose, all told, I've done more good than evil in my life, but that's incidental, a product of happenstance and the bizarre caprices of the world.

I suppose, all told, I've done more good than evil in my life, but that's incidental, a product of happenstance and the bizarre caprices of the world.

David Brin quotes: But it is a delightful challenge to try to depict interesting aliens.

But it is a delightful challenge to try to depict interesting aliens.

David Brin quotes: Excuse me for being greedy, but I want freedom and good government.

Excuse me for being greedy, but I want freedom and good government.

David Brin quotes: Only a knowledgeable, empowered and vocal citizenry can perform well in democracy.

Only a knowledgeable, empowered and vocal citizenry can perform well in democracy.

David Brin quotes: Prison for the crime of puberty that was how secondary school had seemed.

Prison for the crime of puberty
that was how secondary school had seemed.

David Brin quotes: If facts are inconvenient, well, damn those who live and work with facts.

If facts are inconvenient, well, damn those who live and work with facts.

David Brin quotes: Everything isn't subjective. Reality also matters. Truth matters. It is still a word with meaning.

Everything isn't subjective. Reality also matters. Truth matters. It is still a word with meaning.

David Brin quotes: Only people with full stomachs become environmentalists.

Only people with full stomachs become environmentalists.