# Quote — Charles Sheffield, Transcendence

> Once you were committed to a course of action, you didn’t waste your time looking back and second-guessing the decision, because every action in life was taken on the basis of incomplete information. You looked at what you had, and you did all you could to improve the odds; but at some point you had to roll the dice—and live or die with whatever you had thrown.

- Author: [Charles Sheffield](https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-sheffield.md)
- Book: [Transcendence](https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-sheffield/transcendence.md)
- Page: 91
- 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/once-you-were

## 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)