Randall Garrett

Quotes

1. Any group which makes a claim to infallibility must be very careful not to make any mistakes, and the mistakes that will inevitably occur must be kept secret or explained away—by lies, subterfuges and distortions. And that will eventually cause the collapse of the entire edifice.

   p. 346

2. 

   One of the troubles with the world is that so few laymen take an interest in science.

   p. 346

3. 

   “You intend to pray for answers to those questions, my lord?”

   “That, yes. But I have found that the best way to ask God about questions like these is to go out and dig up the data yourself.”

   p. 479

4. 

   Master Sean O’Lochlainn had always been partial to mules. “The mule,” he was fond of saying, “is as much smarter than a horse as a raven is smarter than a falcon. Neither a raven nor a mule will go charging into combat just because some human tells him to.”

   p. 468

5. 

   I have always contended that the true connoisseur is to be pitied, for he has trained his taste to such perfection that he enjoys almost nothing.

   p. 547

6. 

   The plans of men do not necessarily coincide with those of the Universe.

   p. 459

7. 

   Are you an accessory to this imbecilic tomfoolery?

   p. 258

8. 

   Amidst all the hubbub, wine and beer crossed the bar in one direction, while copper and silver crossed it in the other, making everyone happy on both sides.

   p. 476

9. 

   In general he doesn’t know any more about magic than an ostrich knows about icebergs.

   p. 197

10. 

    It had been one of those warm late spring days when no air moves and nothing else wants to. Not oppressively hot—just warm enough to enervate and to cause attacks of acute vernal inertia.

    p. 499

11. 

    All that was necessary was to use one’s imagination to see how it might have happened, and then check the evidence to see if it did happen that way. The final step is to check the evidence to make sure it could not have happened any other way.

    p. 167

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