Kim Stanley Robinson Quotes

You can’t get any movement larger than five people without including at least one fucking idiot. - View Quote Details on You can’t get any movement larger than five people without…
Historical analogy is the last refuge of people who can’t grasp the current situation. - View Quote Details on Historical analogy is the last refuge of people who can’t…
The only part of an argument that really matters is what we think of the people arguing. X claims a, Y claims b. They make arguments to support their claims with any number of points. But when their listeners remember the discussion, what matters is simply that X believes a and Y believes b. People then form their judgment on what they think of X and Y. - View Quote Details on The only part of an argument that really matters is…
They were so ignorant! Young men and women, educated very carefully to be apolitical, to be technicians who thought they disliked politics, making them putty in the hands of their rulers, just like always. It was appalling how stupid they were, really, and he could not help lashing into them. - View Quote Details on They were so ignorant! Young men and women, educated very…
Science was many things, Nadia thought, including a weapon with which to hit other scientists. - View Quote Details on Science was many things, Nadia thought, including a weapon with…
It was not power that corrupted people, but fools who corrupted power. - View Quote Details on It was not power that corrupted people, but fools who…