# Quote — Charles Sheffield, Summertide

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

- Author: [Charles Sheffield](https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-sheffield.md)
- Book: [Summertide](https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-sheffield/summertide.md)
- Page: 197
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Charles_Sheffield#Summertide_(1990)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-sheffield/summertide/we-are-creatures

## More from this book

> 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)