# Quote — Keith Laumer, The Other Side of Time

> I took all these details in as the mighty carnivore looked me over, yawned, and paced majestically toward me, frowning across at the distant herds like a troubled politician wondering who to pay the bribe to.

- Author: [Keith Laumer](https://www.leafyquotes.com/keith-laumer.md)
- Book: [The Other Side of Time](https://www.leafyquotes.com/keith-laumer/the-other-side-of-time.md)
- Page: 121
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Keith_Laumer#The_Other_Side_of_Time_(1965)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/keith-laumer/the-other-side-of-time/i-took-all

## More from this book

> Judge a chap on what he does, and not what he is, eh? None of us can help our natural tendencies—and perhaps overcoming one’s instincts is in the end a nobler achievement than not having the impulse in the first place.

p. 56 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/keith-laumer/the-other-side-of-time/judge-a-chap.md)

> I know it’s hard to grasp at first. I seem to recall I was a bit difficult to convince once. We are accustomed to thinking we know everything. There’s a powerful tendency to just disbelieve anything that doesn’t fit the preconception.

p. 81 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/keith-laumer/the-other-side-of-time/i-know-its.md)

> “I say, old man, you’re developing something of a persecution complex, I’m afraid—”
>
> “That’s easy, when you’re persecuted.”

p. 128 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/keith-laumer/the-other-side-of-time/i-say-old.md)