Alastair Reynolds Quotes

As a science fiction writer, it's hard to think of a more stirring theme than the origin and ultimate destiny of life in the universe.

Alastair Reynolds

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: March 13, 1966

Topics

LifeScienceDestinyThinkUniverse

The financial people, who lead such dreary lives, believe what they read and see on television.

Jimmy Breslin

PeopleBelieveFinancialTelevision

The act of founding a company is its own act of narcissism: 'I alone can do this.'

Andy Dunn

AloneCompanyNarcissismActOwn

When you grow up being taught to worship, whatever that means, there is an array of body-rich symbols: tears, blood, crucifixion, the stations of the cross, transubstantiation... Faith is a belief in something that is irrational, and so to have faith, there is some correlation there with the belief in the art.

Robert Gober

FaithArtTearsGrowYouBlood

Why do some people try, try again, and why do some people not? That's what I'm after.

Angela Duckworth

PeopleWhyTrySome PeopleAgain

There's a fine line between stubbornness and the positive side of that, which is dogged determination.

Jeb Bush

PositiveDeterminationLineSide

Mum and Dad sent us to a bilingual school, so we had half the lessons in English and half in French. But I remember being hugely lost.

Rose Leslie

SchoolRememberLostUsEnglish

Research has shown that the perceived style of leadership is by far the most important thing to most voters in evaluating officeholders and candidates.

Robert Teeter

LeadershipStyleResearchImportant

When men have a smile on their faces, that does a lot for me.

Michelle Yeoh

SmileMenMeFacesLotDoes

When it comes to war, we focus more on the mainstream coverage of the event, rather than the event itself. People dying is never funny. Protest puppets are always funny.

Mo Rocca

FunnyFocusWarPeopleMoreNever

The mechanics of love imply some sort of bridge between the sensual and the spiritual, sometimes to the point of deification; the notion of an afterlife is implicit not only in our couplings, but also in our separations.

Joseph Brodsky

LoveSpiritualBridgeSometimesOnly

When I started finishing games and coming off the field shaking hands, it was a beautiful thing. I mean, you start seeing that you're an important part of the team.

Dennis Eckersley

BeautifulTeamStartHandsYouMean

I grew up on the south side of Chicago, most of that time on welfare. My mother and sister and I used to live with my grandparents and various cousins. We shared a two-bedroom tenement, and the three of us slept in one of those bedrooms and had a set of bunk beds.

Deval Patrick

MotherLiveTimeSisterThreeSide

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