# Quote — Poul Anderson, The Star Fox

> Another irritating thing about Naqsans was their habit of solemnly repeating the obvious. In that respect they were almost as bad as humans.

- Author: [Poul Anderson](https://www.leafyquotes.com/poul-anderson.md)
- Book: [The Star Fox](https://www.leafyquotes.com/poul-anderson/the-star-fox.md)
- Page: 90
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Poul_Anderson#The_Star_Fox_(1965)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/poul-anderson/the-star-fox/another-irritating-thing

## More from this book

> The last thing any sane person wants is a jihad.

p. 133 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/poul-anderson/the-star-fox/the-last-thing.md)

> There really wasn’t much in a man’s life that mattered. But those few things mattered terribly.

p. 200 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/poul-anderson/the-star-fox/there-really-wasnt.md)

> “My mother taught me a Spanish saying,” he remarked, “that it takes four men to make a salad: a spendthrift for the oil, a philosopher for the seasonings, a miser for the vinegar, and a madman for the tossing.”

p. 37 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/poul-anderson/the-star-fox/my-mother-taught.md)