# Summertide

- Author: [Charles Sheffield](https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-sheffield.md)
- Quotes: 12
- Book page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-sheffield/summertide

## Quotes

> That’s what logic says. But I say, phooey, who wants logic? Not you, and not me. We want results.

p. 150 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-sheffield/summertide/thats-what-logic.md)

> “We’re just too nosy, Commander,” he went on. “Most humans have their patience level set a little too low, and their curiosity a bit too high.”

p. 153 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-sheffield/summertide/were-just-too.md)

> What does one do when a madman suggests an appealing course of action? One worries—but probably goes along with it.

p. 151 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-sheffield/summertide/what-does-one.md)

> Mathematics is universal. But very little else is.

p. 119 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-sheffield/summertide/mathematics-is-universal.md)

> Everyone was polite; no one was happy.

p. 126 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-sheffield/summertide/everyone-was-polite.md)

> The partners were there; gravity was calling the changes, and the cosmic dance was ready to begin.

p. 127 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-sheffield/summertide/the-partners-were.md)

> But humans had to learn to ignore appearance. No two beings who shared common thinking processes and common goals should be truly alien to each other.

p. 61 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-sheffield/summertide/but-humans-had.md)

> But mere plausibility did not make the statement true.

p. 65 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-sheffield/summertide/but-mere-plausibility.md)

> It might be an impossible task, but at least it was a well-defined one. The rules for performance were no problem. He had learned them long ago on Teufel: you succeed, or you die trying. Until you succeed, you never relax. Until you die, you never give up.

p. 232 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-sheffield/summertide/it-might-be-an-impossible.md)

> Be an optimist! It’s the only way to live.

p. 151 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-sheffield/summertide/be-an-optimist.md)

> No purpose is served by making private suffering into a public event.

p. 254 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-sheffield/summertide/no-purpose-is-served.md)

> We are creatures of conditioning, Commander. We assume that what we know is easy, and we find mysterious whatever we do not.

p. 197 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-sheffield/summertide/we-are-creatures.md)