"Constantly working outward, putting system after system inside the known universe, they were the bright hungry wave of mankind reaching out to gather in the stars."

--

Source : Algis Budrys (2016). “The Furious Future: Stories”, p.83, Open Road Media

Algis Budrys

#Stars Quotes #Work Out Quotes #Hungry Quotes

“I think that if the novel's task is to describe where we find ourselves and how we live now, the novelist must take a good, hard look at the most central facts of contemporary life - technology and science.”
“A lot of girls that work really hard and have had long careers, and stay grounded. I love Carolyn Murphy, she is gorgeous. All the VS Angels! They work super hard and have the sweetest personalities.”

Source : Source: www.harpersbazaar.com
“I was under twenty when I deliberately put it to myself one night after good conversation that there are moments when we actually touch in talk what the best writing can only come near. The curse of our book language is not so much that it keeps forever to the same set phrases . . . but that it sounds forever with the same reading tones. We must go out into the vernacular for tones that haven't been brought to book.”
“Think about who you are. Think about how nice you can be to another person. By the same token then, to have your own opinion about life, you as an individual, with respect. But I think that's what the key to success is.”

Source : Source: www.pajiba.com
“Actor of the low IQ, let's hear your view.”
“The federal government seeks to control and regulate the Internet, but the last thing this Congress should be doing is trying to stifle public debate online.”
“The Catholic church, once all her assets have been put together, is the most formidable stockbroker in the world. The Vatican, independently of each successive pope, has been increasingly orientated towards the U.S. The Wall Street Journal said that the Vatican's financial deals in the U.S. alone were so big that very often it sold or bought gold in lots of a million or more dollars at one time.”
“Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change.”

You may also like:

Alfred Bester
Author
Damon Knight
Fictioneer
Frederik Pohl
Writer
Gregory Benford
Fictioneer
James Blish
Author
John Brunner
Author
Poul Anderson
Author
Theodore Sturgeon
Writer
Thomas M. Disch
Author