Top 73 Quotes & Sayings by Daniel H. Wilson - Page 2

No matter how much kids beg to be treated like adults, nobody likes to let go of their childhood. You wish for it and dream of it and the second you have it, you wonder what you've done. You wonder what it is you've become.

The true knowledge is not in the things, but in finding the connections between the things.

Across the sea of space lies an infinite emptiness. I can feel it, suffocating me. It is without meaning. But each life creates its own reality.

When a man resists sin on human motive only, he will not hold out long.

A soul isn't given for free. The races of men fight each other to the death for the honor of being recognized as human beings, with souls.

Demolition is a part of construction.

Some unspoken human communication is taking place on a hidden channel. I did not realize they communicated this much without words. I note that we machines are not the only species who share information silently, wreathed in codes.

A mechanic is just an engineer in blue jeans.

It's hard to guess how smart the machines are, but a good rule of thumb is that they're always smarter than you think.

How much change can a person absorb before everything loses meaning Living for its own sake isn't life. People need meaning as much as they need air.

Johannes Cabal would kill me for saying this, but he's my favorite Zeppelin-hopping detective. The fellow has got all the charm of Bond and the smarts of Holmes--without the pesky morality.

You don't pick your revolution. It picks you.

If the knowledge is spread, it cannot be stamped out.