# Quote — Charles Sheffield, Transcendence

> Nothing was more fascinating than information. It was infinite in quantity, or effectively so, limited only by the total entropy of the universe; it was vastly diverse and various; it was eternal; It was available for collection, anywhere and anytime. And, perhaps best of all, E. C. Tally thought with the largest amount of self-satisfaction that his circuits permitted, you never knew when it might come in useful.

- Author: [Charles Sheffield](https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-sheffield.md)
- Book: [Transcendence](https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-sheffield/transcendence.md)
- Page: 165
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Charles_Sheffield#Transcendence_(1992)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-sheffield/transcendence/nothing-was-more

## More from this book

> What I found was worse than diversity—it was insanity.

p. 188 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-sheffield/transcendence/what-i-found.md)

> The answers come pat and fast. You see, what the downsiders want isn’t an explanation; it’s a catchphrase they can use instead of an explanation.

p. 101 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-sheffield/transcendence/the-answers-come.md)

> If you win too easy, better ask what’s going on that you don’t know about.

p. 125 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-sheffield/transcendence/if-you-win.md)