# Quote — Charles Sheffield, Proteus in the Underworld

> When you got right down to it, every important decision in life was made with inadequate information.

- Author: [Charles Sheffield](https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-sheffield.md)
- Book: [Proteus in the Underworld](https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-sheffield/proteus-in-the-underworld.md)
- Page: 190
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Charles_Sheffield#Proteus_In_The_Underworld_(1995)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-sheffield/proteus-in-the-underworld/when-you-got

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