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David Brin Quotes


It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power. David Brin Power 87
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 Science 83
Why must conversions always come so late? Why do people always apologize to corpses? David Brin Apologize 81
Where subtlety fails us we must simply make do with cream pies. David Brin Humor 65
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 Science 63
Only people with full stomachs become environmentalists. David Brin Environment 59
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 Words 43
Predicting has a spotty record in science fiction. I've had some failures. On the other hand, I also predicted the fall of the Berlin Wall and the rise of fundamentalist Islam... and I'm not happy to be right in all of those cases. David Brin Science 39
Selfawareness is probably overrated. A complex selfregulating system doesnt need it in order to be successful or even smart. David Brin Self awareness 37
The species greatest harvest words. David Brin Words 35
The three basic material rights continuity mutual obligation and the pursuit of happiness. David Brin Law 31
Creative people see Prometheus in a mirror, never Pandora. David Brin Science 29
Your faith in Homo technologicus the Tinkering Man has one fatal flaw. It offers you no escape clause. David Brin Belief 29
The worst mistake of first contact, made throughout history by individuals on both sides of every new encounter, has been the unfortunate habit of making assumptions. It often proved fatal. David Brin History 26
Prison for the crime of puberty that was how secondary school had seemed. David Brin School 22

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