Ted Chiang famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

  • Science fiction is never about the future, in the same way history is rarely about the past: they're both parable formats for examining or commenting on the present.

  • I didn't think about anything past tomorrow because anything past tomorrow was just like cloud busting - it depended soley on the person looking at the clouds and it could rain any minute

  • How aware were photographers in the past of other visual arts? "No photographer of any distinction at all could approach his work without some awareness of what was going on in other visual media, and for that matter neither the painter nor the draughtsman could ignore photography."

  • What you present as the gospel will determine what you present as discipleship. If you present as the gospel what is essentially a theory of the atonement, and you say, If you accept this theory of the atonement, your sins are forgiven, and when you die you will be received into heaven, there is no basis for discipleship.

  • If you feel guilty or quietly ashamed, seek the power of the Atonement.

  • Even with the trials of life, because of the Savior's Atonement and his grace, righteous living will be rewarded with personal peace.

  • When the journey's over/There'll be time enough to sleep.

  • The world isn't going backward, if you can just stay young enough to remember what it was really like when you were really young.

  • The crookedness of the serpent is still straight enough to slide through the snake hole.

  • I cannot emphasize enough the importance of family encouragement - not just for me, but for everyone.