# Quote — Jack Mcdevitt, Chindi

> What would happen is that people like Geroge and Alyx would grow old and die chasing a dream. Although there were probably worse things to do with one’s life.

- Author: [Jack Mcdevitt](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jack-mcdevitt.md)
- Book: [Chindi](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jack-mcdevitt/chindi.md)
- Page: 165
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jack_McDevitt#Chindi_(2002)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/jack-mcdevitt/chindi/what-would-happen

## More from this book

> “Organized mayhem,” Nick commented, “seems to be the chief preoccupation of intelligent species everywhere.”

p. 432 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jack-mcdevitt/chindi/organized-mayhem-nick.md)

> “One should always be skeptical. That’s always been our problem. We have too many believers.”
>
> “Believers in what?”
>
> “In everything.”

p. 72 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jack-mcdevitt/chindi/one-should-always.md)

> One could not always put safety up front as the prime goal. Do that, and who would ever achieve anything of note?

p. 191 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jack-mcdevitt/chindi/one-could-not.md)