James L. Cambias Quotes

I prefer to be proved wrong than to live in error.

...people do not want to hear that aliens are just like us. They want wise angels and noble savages.

If I am to write my memoirs someday I would like to have good material to work with.

What is the old American saying? Pretend it is chicken?

Four limbs good, six limbs bad.

It is very difficult to predict what other humans will do, and considerably more difficult to anticipate the behaviour of aliens.

I fear we must use bad science to accomplish good politics.

Damn you, Captain Black!" she yelled into the twilight. "This isn't over yet! From hell's heart, I stab at thee!

While war for love is inspiring in legends and epic poems, we must be governed by cynical pragmatism.

Where the explorers go, conquerors and exploiters always follow.

Your advanced alien science is no match for our spunky Earthling pop culture.

This is more important than food. This is science!

Greatest stuff in the world. Superman's duct tape.