# Quote — Gregory Benford, Timescape

> “The peers just fill the air with their speeches.”
>
> “And from what I've seen, vice versa.”

- Author: [Gregory Benford](https://www.leafyquotes.com/gregory-benford.md)
- Book: [Timescape](https://www.leafyquotes.com/gregory-benford/timescape.md)
- Page: 46
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Gregory_Benford#Timescape_(1980)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/gregory-benford/timescape/the-peers-just

## More from this book

> It was an example of what he thought of as the Law of Controversy: Passion was inversely proportional to the amount of real information available.

p. 182 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/gregory-benford/timescape/it-was-an-example.md)

> Everybody feels he has a right to a life of luxury — or at least comfort — so there’s a lot of frustration and resentment when the dream craps out.

p. 136 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/gregory-benford/timescape/everybody-feels-he-has.md)

> To shine is better than to reflect.

p. 220 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/gregory-benford/timescape/to-shine-is-better.md)