David Gerrold Quotes

'Who are we?' And to me that's the essential question that's always been in science fiction. A lot of science fiction stories are - at their very best - evocations of that question. When we look up at the night sky and wonder, 'Is there anyone else out there?' we're also asking who we are we in relation to them.

David Gerrold

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 24, 1944

Topics

ScienceBestSkyMeNightLook

I'm not a wild and crazy person.

Jewel

CrazyPersonWildCrazy Person

I wouldn't like to live in a castle now, but I'd enjoy a visit to Restormel in Cornwall in its 13th century prime. It's a circular castle with the rooms built against the outer walls and quite intimate in size. Life there wouldn't follow the pattern of more classic castle design.

Jo Beverley

LifeLiveWallsDesignEnjoyFollow

I was a teenager in '95, so I didn't dress like a woman then. I was really small. I remember wishing I wasn't wearing Gap Kids.

Jenny Slate

WomanDressSmallRememberGapKids

The splendid empire of Charles the Fifth was erected upon the grave of liberty.

John Lothrop Motley

LibertyEmpireGraveSplendidFifth

People love their favorite records. And I aspire to make a record someone might be able to love in that way.

Moby

LovePeopleSomeoneWayAspireAble

I'm not sure that I want to be without some lack of confidence. If you are too sure of yourself, you don't grow. You may feel confident in some things, but other fields come up as a challenge. And if you don't anticipate trouble, you will be in trouble.

Lucille Ball

ConfidenceChallengeYourselfGrow

I was a nerd growing up, and I'm a little antisocial and awkward.

Louis C. K.

Growing UpGrowingUpLittleAwkward

There seems to be a sense in the British media that prime ministers enjoy going to war. They do not. The decision to send British soldiers into battle is the worst and most stomach-churning senior politicians have to take. It makes them wake up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat worrying if they have done the right thing.

Jonathan Powell

DecisionWarNightWake UpCold

Be Skeptical, but learn to listen.

Don Miguel Ruiz

LearnListenSkeptical

When the soldiers came home from Vietnam, there were no parades, no celebrations. So they built the Vietnam Memorial for themselves.

William Westmoreland

HomeSoldiersVietnamMemorialBuilt

I feel a little stronger than people perceive me.

Winona Ryder

PeopleMeFeelStrongerLittleThan

President Obama and a small team of senior national security officials were in the unusual position of acting as al-Awlaki's jury, judges, and de facto executioners.

Peter Bergen

TeamSmallActingSecurityJudges

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