# Quote — Philip José Farmer, The Fabulous Riverboat

> “It’s a nice toy and makes a lot of noise and looks impressive and will kill a man. But it’s wasteful and inefficient.”
>
> “You make it sound like a congressman,” Sam said.

- Author: [Philip José Farmer](https://www.leafyquotes.com/philip-jose-farmer.md)
- Book: [The Fabulous Riverboat](https://www.leafyquotes.com/philip-jose-farmer/the-fabulous-riverboat.md)
- Page: 109
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Philip_Jos%C3%A9_Farmer#The_Fabulous_Riverboat_(1971)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/philip-jose-farmer/the-fabulous-riverboat/its-a-nice

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> Actors didn’t have to be politicians, but politicians had to be actors.

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> Actually, the situation was intolerable. But then it was surprising how much intolerableness a man could tolerate.

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