J. Sterling Quotes
We can cross the rivers of doubt and discouragement on the bridge of faith even before we get to them
There is one thing more serious than merely to not believe, and that is to not care.
The years thunder by, The dreams of youth grow dim where they lie caked in dust on the shelves of patience. Before we know it, the tomb is sealed.
Fighting is not the best way to win an argument. If carried to its ultimate conclusions, the old idea of "an eye for an eye" eventually ends in making everybody blind.
One who works twice as hard will have four times as much accomplishment. If he works 3 times as hard he will have 9 times as much accomplishment and 9 times more fun in the process.
David Brin is a technological determinist. He thinks that we understand the trend and we need to hop on it. I don't have any such illusions.
The guys have a lot of good cars built up. We're going to do some more testing before we go back to Las Vegas and try to win at Vegas again. We need to get off to a quick start.
I like to get paid for doing basic research, so it's pleasant to write some nonfiction about it.
A man without earnestness is a mournful and perplexing spectacle. But it is a consolation to believe, as we must of such a one, that he is the most effectual and compulsive of all schools.
Within its gates I heard the sound Of winds in cypress caverns caught Of huddling tress that moaned, and sought To whisper what their roots had found. (“A Dream of Fear”)
We might be on the brink of an apocalypse if, instead of poor people with suicide bombs killing middle class guys, middle-class people with suicide bombs started killing rich guys.
Humans are very aggressive and scrappy, and go to war at the drop of a hat. However, a standard land war is no longer going to work as it is no longer technically possible.
I wouldn't describe that "position" as "parasitic." I'd describe that experience as "edifying." I don't merely write from a critical intellectual distance. I actually live around here.
Dialect or the speech of the people is capable of expressing whatever the people are.
When you can’t imagine how things are going to change, that doesn’t mean that nothing will change. It means that things will change in ways that are unimaginable.
The internet brought many laudable things, but prosperity, stability, accountability and honest politics were not four of them.
Worrying about a large institution, especially when it has computers, is like worrying about a large gorilla, especially when it's on fire.
It bothers me a lot that you want to broadcast that you're associating with black people.
The Cincinnati Bengals look like the most complete team in the National Football League. I can’t wait to see how they match up against New England.
The hottest coals of fire ever heaped upon the head of one who has wronged you are the coals of human kindness.
We don't evaluate what's right and wrong, we live in a society. We live in a culture. We have to live within the culture.
Modern education too often covers the fingers with rings, and at the same time cuts the sinews at the wrist.
It is a serious mistake to judge God within the narrow limits of our own understanding and abilities.
Mormonism is not simply a commitment to a theology or a church practice, but a social-cultural order.
If bin Laden is in fact publicly killed, then the US military will find itself standing around with its hands in its pockets, wondering what's supposed to come next.
Just as important I believe, is Black America can look back at the show and say, "Wow, I think I now understand why a lot of white people were appalled at the acquittal of O.J. Simpson."
And starward drifts the stricken world, Lone in unalterable gloom Dead, with a universe for tomb, Dark, and to vaster darkness whirled. (“The Testimony of the Suns”)
Paul had an almost missionary companion. His name was Demas. Paul wrote his entire history in nine words. He says: Demas has forsaken me, having loved this present world.
We're having a good time. That's what I did last year. If you can't have a good time, you might as well stay home. I feel real good.
In a world so redolent with wonder, how can we allow ourselves to conduct our daily lives with so little insight, such absence of dignity?
Science fiction is not about the freedom of imagination. It's about a free imagination pinched and howling in a vise that other people call real life.
I graduated early from high school, but up until I graduated, I was playing high school hockey. I really enjoy hockey. That's definitely what I do on my days off, for sure.
If one neglects the laws of learning, a sentence is imposed that he is forever chained to his ignorance.
The way of success is not run with seven league boots but step by step, little by little, bit by bit ... with no exceptions allowed.
Some intentionally injure others through mocking, sarcasm with no intent to help. Others are trying to help.
How ridiculous it is to waste our lives experimenting with those things for which we already have the answers!
