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Larry Niven Quotes

In the world of words the imagination is one of the forces of nature Picture Quote #1

Ethics change with technology Picture Quote #1

Never fire a laser at a mirror Picture Quote #1

Fear is the brother of hate Picture Quote #1

Stupidity is always a capital crime Picture Quote #1

How much intelligence does it take to sneak up on a leaf? Picture Quote #1

Never tell a computer to forget it Picture Quote #1

A civilization has the ethics it can afford Picture Quote #1

As for AIDS, it’s a plague. We are human, we get plagues. They come along every so often, kill off two thirds of the population; in the next generation it’s a quarter; after that it’s a childhood disease Picture Quote #1

Intelligence is just a tool to be used toward a goal, and goals are not always chosen intelligently Picture Quote #1

It is a cardinal sin to bore the reader Picture Quote #1

Psi and/or magical powers, if real, are nearly useless Picture Quote #1

There were timelines branching and branching, a mega-universe of universes, millions more every minute. Billions? Trillions? The universe split every time someone made a decision. Split, so that every decision ever made could go both ways. Every choice made by every man, woman, and child was reversed in the universe next door Picture Quote #1

That’s the thing about people who think they hate computers... What they really hate are lousy programmers Picture Quote #1

Think of it as evolution in action Picture Quote #1

God was knocking, and he wanted in bad Picture Quote #1

We need to take command of the solar system to gain that wealth, and to escape the sea of paper our government is becoming, and for some decent chance of stopping a Dinosaur Killer asteroid Picture Quote #1

The human species really could have faced global thermonuclear war. During seventy years of Cold War we grew used to it Picture Quote #1

SF isn’t a genre; SF is the matrix in which genres are embedded, and because the SF field is never going in any one direction at any one time, there is hardly a way to cut it off Picture Quote #1

Everything starts as somebody’s day dream Picture Quote #1

But... watching Steven Barnes taught me to treat my life like an art form Picture Quote #1

And every friend I’ve got has been writing Mars stories. It was pretty clear I’d never catch up Picture Quote #1

Bruce Sterling is one terrific writer and he’s relatively new, but I don’t know how long he’s been doing it; he probably doesn’t need the publicity anymore Picture Quote #1

I’ve spent a lot of my life among people brighter than myself Picture Quote #1

I have a kind of psychic invisibility. As long as I can stay scared, I can keep people from seeing me. That’s what we have to count on Picture Quote #1

Never be embarrassed or ashamed by anything you choose to write Picture Quote #1

Anything beats an expensive stack of paper Picture Quote #1

I do not believe they’ve run out of surprises Picture Quote #1

I do suspect that privacy was a passing fad Picture Quote #1

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In the world of words the imagination is one of the forces of nature (Larry Niven Quotes) Ethics change with technology (Larry Niven Quotes) Never fire a laser at a mirror (Larry Niven Quotes) Fear is the brother of hate (Larry Niven Quotes) Stupidity is always a capital crime (Larry Niven Quotes) How much intelligence does it take to sneak up on a leaf? (Larry Niven Quotes) Jesus Pietro wasn’t used to dealing with ghosts. It would require brand new techniques. Grimly he set out to evolve them (Larry Niven Quotes) Never tell a computer to forget it (Larry Niven Quotes) A civilization has the ethics it can afford (Larry Niven Quotes) As for AIDS, it’s a plague. We are human, we get plagues. They come along every so often, kill off two thirds of the population; in the next generation it’s a quarter; after that it’s a childhood disease (Larry Niven Quotes) Intelligence is just a tool to be used toward a goal, and goals are not always chosen intelligently (Larry Niven Quotes) It is a cardinal sin to bore the reader (Larry Niven Quotes) Psi and/or magical powers, if real, are nearly useless (Larry Niven Quotes) There were timelines branching and branching, a mega-universe of universes, millions more every minute. Billions? Trillions? The universe split every time someone made a decision. Split, so that every decision ever made could go both ways. Every choice made by every man, woman, and child was reversed in the universe next door (Larry Niven Quotes) That’s the thing about people who think they hate computers... What they really hate are lousy programmers (Larry Niven Quotes) Think of it as evolution in action (Larry Niven Quotes) God was knocking, and he wanted in bad (Larry Niven Quotes) We need to take command of the solar system to gain that wealth, and to escape the sea of paper our government is becoming, and for some decent chance of stopping a Dinosaur Killer asteroid (Larry Niven Quotes) The human species really could have faced global thermonuclear war. During seventy years of Cold War we grew used to it (Larry Niven Quotes) SF isn’t a genre; SF is the matrix in which genres are embedded, and because the SF field is never going in any one direction at any one time, there is hardly a way to cut it off (Larry Niven Quotes) Everything starts as somebody’s day dream (Larry Niven Quotes) But... watching Steven Barnes taught me to treat my life like an art form (Larry Niven Quotes) And every friend I’ve got has been writing Mars stories. It was pretty clear I’d never catch up (Larry Niven Quotes) Bruce Sterling is one terrific writer and he’s relatively new, but I don’t know how long he’s been doing it; he probably doesn’t need the publicity anymore (Larry Niven Quotes) I’ve spent a lot of my life among people brighter than myself (Larry Niven Quotes) I have a kind of psychic invisibility. As long as I can stay scared, I can keep people from seeing me. That’s what we have to count on. (Larry Niven Quotes) Never be embarrassed or ashamed by anything you choose to write (Larry Niven Quotes) Anything beats an expensive stack of paper (Larry Niven Quotes) I do not believe they’ve run out of surprises (Larry Niven Quotes) I do suspect that privacy was a passing fad (Larry Niven Quotes)

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