Robert J. Sawyer quotes - page 2

Honor does not have to be defended. (Robert J. Sawyer)
How do you define God? Like this. A God I could understand, at least potentially, was infinitely more interesting and relevant than one that defied comprehension. View quote
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The right things to do are those that keep our violence in abeyance; the wrong things are those that bring it to the fore. View quote
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You can't choose the ways in which you'll be tested. View quote
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It embodies, perhaps more clearly than anything else I've written, the central theme of all my work: namely, that clearheaded, unflinching, rational thinking is the only effective way to deal with reality. View quote
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It turned out that big-bucks science had been a purely mid-twentieth-century phenomenon, starting with the Manhattan Project and ending with the fall of the Soviet Union. View quote
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Throwing some light on the subject had only made the mystery deeper. View quote
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You are spoiled by being a sociologist, Lansing. In the hard sciences, we occasionally have to face the reality that some of our theories will actually be disproven. View quote
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It had to begin somewhere-maturity, the stage after the midlife crisis, peace. It had to begin somewhere. View quote
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Well, that can happen. Memories can be implanted, even just through suggestion and constant repetition. And if a therapist augments that with hypnosis, really unshakable false memories can be created.” "But why on earth would a therapist do that?” Heather looked grim. "To quote an old Psych Department joke, there are many routes to mental health, but none so lucrative as Freudian analysis. View quote
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The fundamental of war has always been dehumanizing the enemy, seeing him as a soulless animal. (Robert J. Sawyer)