# The Martian Race

- Author: [Gregory Benford](https://www.leafyquotes.com/gregory-benford.md)
- Quotes: 9
- Book page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/gregory-benford/the-martian-race

## Quotes

> “Viktor! Don’t tell me you cheated! A gentleman doesn’t cheat at cards.”
>
> “Am captain, not gentleman.”

p. 286 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/gregory-benford/the-martian-race/viktor-dont-tell.md)

> Science was a systematic way to avoid fooling yourself, after all.

p. 337 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/gregory-benford/the-martian-race/science-was-a-systematic.md)

> Whole world is sitting on ass, watching glorious Twenty-first century on TV.

p. 30 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/gregory-benford/the-martian-race/whole-world-is-sitting.md)

> “It was just good luck, last minute luck.”
>
> “Your ‘luck’ was mostly sweat and intuition.”

p. 159 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/gregory-benford/the-martian-race/it-was-just.md)

> Media bloomed with florid discussions between completely uninformed people about every detail imaginable.

p. 329 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/gregory-benford/the-martian-race/media-bloomed-with.md)

> That’s absurd. This is real life, not some tabloid fantasy.

p. 272 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/gregory-benford/the-martian-race/thats-absurd-this.md)

> That’s how business works. There’s always somebody coming in on your blind side.

p. 54 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/gregory-benford/the-martian-race/thats-how-business.md)

> All the astronauts were easy on the eyes. No coincidence. NASA didn’t train people the public wouldn’t want to watch.

p. 87 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/gregory-benford/the-martian-race/all-the-astronauts.md)

> She had long ago stopped counting how many times the 0.38 g of Mars had helped them through crucial moments. It had proved the only useful aspect of the planet.

p. 10 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/gregory-benford/the-martian-race/she-had-long.md)