# Timescoop

- Author: [John Brunner](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-brunner.md)
- Quotes: 5
- Book page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-brunner/timescoop

## Quotes

> The screen was a polychrome swirl, like a rainbow that had been through an electric blender.

p. 64 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-brunner/timescoop/the-screen-was.md)

> We cannot allow quibbles to stand in the way of the truth.

p. 146 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-brunner/timescoop/we-cannot-allow.md)

> Well, like they say, nothing can set a precedent until it happens for the first time.

p. 122 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-brunner/timescoop/well-like-they.md)

> You’ve been competing against the past, and that’s a contest no one can win because the past has all the advantages. We’ve forgotten all its fiddling little drawbacks: the lice, the skin infections, the disgusting personal habits and the rest of it.

p. 116 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-brunner/timescoop/youve-been-competing.md)

> I don’t usually talk much about this, Chester, because my grandfather dinned it into me as a child that it doesn’t make any difference who you’re descended from unless you can do something yourself to match what your ancestors did to gain their own notoriety.

p. 18 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-brunner/timescoop/i-dont-usually.md)