Philip José Farmer

Quotes

1. If you’ve read your history…then you’ll know that the medieval noblemen were notorious for treachery. Their god was Opportunity, no matter how many churches they built for the glory of Church and God. They had all the morals of a hyena.

   p. 391

2. 

   “I thought that was just one of the wild tales those visionaries had invented,” Jill said. “I didn’t put any more credence in it than I did in the ravings of Earth prophets. Moses, Jesus, Zoroaster, Mohammed, Buddha, Smith, Eddy, the whole sick crew.”

   p. 375

3. 

   Was destiny anything but chance? Probably. But the odds against this happening on Earth were infinity to one.

   p. 302

4. 

   I, who hated the fat, smug, oily, stinking, ignorant, hypocritical, parasitical priests! And their unfeeling, merciless, cruel God!

   p. 200

5. 

   Burton, though an infidel, made it his business to investigate thoroughly every religion. Know a man’s faith, and you knew at least half the man. Know his wife, and you knew the other half.

   p. 176

6. 

   Burton did not believe in miracles. Nothing happened that could not be explained by physical principles — if you knew all the facts.

   p. 172

7. 

   Styles was an old Mississippi pilot, a handsome youth, no liar, though given to inflating facts.

   p. 222

8. 

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

   p. 135

9. 

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

   p. 225

10. 

    “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.

    p. 109

11. 

    Dreams haunted The Riverworld.

    p. 1

12. 

    A miracle: a chance distribution of events, occurring one time in a billion.

    p. 18