Top 15 Quotes & Sayings by James Alan Gardner

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Canadian fictioneer James Alan Gardner.

Last updated on November 20, 2024.

James Alan Gardner is a Canadian science fiction author.

Canadian - Fictioneer | Born: January 10, 1955

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Lawyers will always buckle under to something, whether its bribes, violence, court orders, or the weight of their own bullshit.

James Alan Gardner

That's the first rule of command; be consistent! You can be sadistic, you can be lazy, you can be stupid, but if you're consistent the crew will still let you sit in when they play dominoes.

James Alan Gardner

You don’t free yourself from duty by running away. That only increases the weight on your shoulders.

James Alan Gardner

Fate does not invite ugly boring people to save the world; and if you do try to save the world (without being beautiful, strong, clever, or wise), you will soon die pointlessly and how much adventure is there in that?

James Alan Gardner

Ah, but I am more perceptive than most of the universe. Especially the parts of the universe that are vacuum.

James Alan Gardner

It is strange how the presence of additional people can make you feel more alone.

James Alan Gardner

Some see the glass half full, some see it half empty, and some see it crawling with toxic alien parasites who want to devour your pancreas.

James Alan Gardner

Everyone's life is a mess. Everyone's. We all make mistakes . . . and not just little slip-ups. Major mistakes that hurt us and other people.

James Alan Gardner

What kind of programmer is so divorced from reality that she thinks she'll get complex software right the first time?

James Alan Gardner

The way past despair and false hope is just letting go. It doesn't improve your odds of survival, but it doesn't waste mental energy.

James Alan Gardner

Don't be a little paranoid; worry about everything, or let it all go.

James Alan Gardner

I do not care about the greatest good for the greatest number . . . Most people are poop-heads I do not care about them at all.

James Alan Gardner

I hated relying on luck. When it worked, it made me feel so damned eerie.

James Alan Gardner

Having a perilous adventure is always better than comatose safety. Always, always, always, always, always.

James Alan Gardner

Deliberate choices are the only sacred things in the universe. Everything else is just hydrogen.

James Alan Gardner

Top 15 Quotes & Sayings by James Alan Gardner

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