# Quote — Michael Moorcock, The Condition of Muzak

> Some try to understand the world, while others seek to impose their understanding on it. Unfortunately, Mr. Smiles, these latter folk are those least equipped to perform the operation. Like Frankenstein, my dear Mr. Smiles, they produce a monster.

- Author: [Michael Moorcock](https://www.leafyquotes.com/michael-moorcock.md)
- Book: [The Condition of Muzak](https://www.leafyquotes.com/michael-moorcock/the-condition-of-muzak.md)
- Page: 790
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Michael_Moorcock#The_Condition_of_Muzak_(1977)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/michael-moorcock/the-condition-of-muzak/some-try-to-understand

## More from this book

> “He complains that I don’t really understand the importance of it all. He thinks my loyalties are sometimes divided.” They were quite a long way behind the men. Mitzi smirked. “Of course, that’s impossible. I haven’t any loyalties at all.”

p. 681 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/michael-moorcock/the-condition-of-muzak/he-complains-that.md)

> “I appreciate this quest for national identity,” she said, “but it does seem that most traditions were dropped for the good reason that they were revoltingly cruel and stupid.”

p. 772 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/michael-moorcock/the-condition-of-muzak/i-appreciate-this.md)

> From the ceiling came the miserable, neurotic drone of the Everly Brothers. He let it play, deepening his mood. If a mood was worth having, he thought, it was worth having profoundly.

p. 642 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/michael-moorcock/the-condition-of-muzak/from-the-ceiling.md)