"Idiots emit bogons, causing machinery to malfunction in their presence. System administrators absorb bogons, letting machinery work again."

--

Source : Charles Stross (2006). “The Atrocity Archives”, p.38, Penguin

Charles Stross

#Idiot Quotes #Malfunction Quotes #Machinery Quotes

“TV is just such a fast-moving medium that you do what you can do, and what you can't do, you don't worry about too much.”

Source : Interview with Noel Murray, www.avclub.com. November 24, 2008.
“The attempt to politicize everything is the destruction of politics. When everything is seen as relevant to politics, than politics has in fact become totalitarian.”

Source : Bernard Crick (2013). “In Defence of Politics”, p.125, A&C Black
“Love was not something that people married for generally in those days. They married for security. They married for economic reasons, you know, companionship - but not love.”
“Watch it! It was robbed from other beings so it's HOT 'MERCHANDISE' and it's against the Law... the LAW OF DECENCY!!! Stay within this Law, steer clear of wool/pearl/silk/ fish bone/ fur/ivory/coral/ down/beeswax/honey/ cashmere/ lanolin/ feathers/ camel hair/flesh/milk/ eggs/ fish/ seafood/ other!!!”
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”
“The collages I never wanted to sell. I thought it was a very private thing, so I kept the collages. Then, in the end, I had a big collage in the Pinault Collection in Venice and the director of the [Centre] Pompidou said, "Did you make big collages like this in the '60s?" I said yes, so he came to the studio and said, "Let's make an exhibition in the Pompidou."”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“There is only one perfect road and that road is ahead of you, always ahead of you.”
“It is not the bee's touching on the flowers that gathers the honey, but her abiding for a time upon them, and drawing out the sweet.”

Source : Thomas Brooks (1810). “Precious Remedies Against Satan's Devices: Being a Companion for Christians of All Denominations”, p.8

You may also like:

Alastair Reynolds
Author
Bruce Sterling
Author
Cory Doctorow
Blogger
John Scalzi
Author
Ken MacLeod
Fiction writer
Neal Stephenson
Author
Vernor Vinge
Computer Scientist
William Gibson
Novelist
Hannu Rajaniemi
Author