Larry Niven quotes - page 5

Sometimes you just have to be satisfied with what you are. (Larry Niven)
It doesn't take brains to mate! View quote
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Infantry, which means killing on foot and doesn't have anything to do with children. View quote
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A sapient species doesn't reach space unless the members learn to cooperate. They'll wreck the environment, one way or another, war or straight libertarianism or overbreeding. View quote
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There aren't many prizes for second place in battle. View quote
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Collaborations are unnatural. The writer is a jealous god. He builds his universe without interference. He resents the carping of mentally deficient critics, and the editor's capricious demands for revisions. Let two writers try to make one universe, and their defenses get in the way. View quote
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You don't stop planning just because there's no hope. View quote
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Casual murder, casual suicide, casual crime. Why not? If alternate universes are a reality, then cause and effect are an illusion. The law of averages is a fraud. You can do anything, and one of you will, or did. View quote
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In fantasy, more than in other forms of literature, the obligation is to teach something universally true about the human condition. View quote
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It takes a lot of people to hold civilization together; some of us are only here to ask the right questions. View quote
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Nuclear is the safest power source we've got-with two exceptions, neither of which is being built. If some folk are terrified of unseen death by radiation, then let 'em deal with their own neuroses, instead of forcing us to stop building the atomic plants. (Larry Niven)
It was a light, brief kiss, but it was less an ending than a promise, and he was happy. View quote
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The Gamers are so out of touch with reality that they were never considered a serious threat. View quote
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There's a fine line between sensible emotional restraint, and the withdrawal symptoms of a stimulus junkie denied her fix. View quote
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The dinosaurs became extinct because they didn't have a space program. View quote
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I do suspect that privacy was a passing fad. View quote
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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. View quote
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We should not have assumed that a political space station could be built. View quote
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I love superconductors. View quote
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Treat your life like something to be sculpted. View quote
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I've spent a lot of my life among people brighter than myself. (Larry Niven)
I don't have a strong interest in history. View quote
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I'm not predicting; I just love playing with superconductors. View quote
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Anything beats an expensive stack of paper. View quote
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In general, I don't know when inspiration will pop up. View quote
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