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Jack McDevitt Quotes: "The uplifters are forever running around telling blockheads they would do better if they would believe in themselves. But they already do. That is why they are blockheads."

The uplifters are forever running around telling blockheads they would do better if they would believe in themselves. But they already do. That is why they are blockheads.



Jack McDevitt Quotes: "The measure of a civilization is in the courage, not of its soldiers, but of its bystanders."

The measure of a civilization is in the courage, not of its soldiers, but of its bystanders.




Jack McDevitt Quotes: "... the truth is that when your people don't tell you what you need to know, it's a failure of leadership."

... the truth is that when your people don't tell you what you need to know, it's a failure of leadership.



Jack McDevitt Quotes: "Boundaries have no existence save on charts or in small minds. Nature does not draw lines."

Boundaries have no existence save on charts or in small minds. Nature does not draw lines.




Jack McDevitt Quotes: "We could never know who we truly were until we heard the whispers of the stars."

We could never know who we truly were until we heard the whispers of the stars.



Jack McDevitt Quotes: "Man has always seen himself the peak of creation. The part of the universe that thinks. The purpose for it all. It's no doubt a gratifying view, but the universe may have a different opinion."

Man has always seen himself the peak of creation. The part of the universe that thinks. The purpose for it all. It's no doubt a gratifying view, but the universe may have a different opinion.



Jack McDevitt Quotes: "Show me what a people admire, and I will tell you everything about them that matters."

Show me what a people admire, and I will tell you everything about them that matters.




Jack McDevitt Quotes: "Katie commented that Americans had lost the ability to enjoy themselves. "We watch television," Dave said."

Katie commented that Americans had lost the ability to enjoy themselves. "We watch television," Dave said.



Jack McDevitt Quotes: "If you're paying attention to your wardrobe, Rudy believed, your mind isn't sufficiently occupied."

If you're paying attention to your wardrobe, Rudy believed, your mind isn't sufficiently occupied.



Jack McDevitt Quotes: "Solitude is only a good idea if you have the right people along to share it."

Solitude is only a good idea if you have the right people along to share it.



Jack McDevitt Quotes: "All of the important things ... will turn out to be universally shared. It's why there will be no true aliens."

All of the important things ... will turn out to be universally shared. It's why there will be no true aliens.



Jack McDevitt Quotes: "There is nothing that overwhelms the senses quite like an unwelcome silence."

There is nothing that overwhelms the senses quite like an unwelcome silence.




Jack McDevitt Quotes: "Sometimes the cost of integrity is the loss of a friend."

Sometimes the cost of integrity is the loss of a friend.



Jack McDevitt Quotes: "If you want data to survive, carve it in rock."

If you want data to survive, carve it in rock.



Jack McDevitt Quotes: "The Peacekeepers had a tradition that every problem had a solution. It was a nice slogan. Wasn't true, but it sounded good."

The Peacekeepers had a tradition that every problem had a solution. It was a nice slogan. Wasn't true, but it sounded good.



Jack McDevitt Quotes: "There is no justice. There are occasional acts of vengeance, or regret, but there's no real justice. In the natural scheme of things, it is not possible."

There is no justice. There are occasional acts of vengeance, or regret, but there's no real justice. In the natural scheme of things, it is not possible.



Jack McDevitt Quotes: "But, come to think of it, there was no need to wait. Time travelers don't have to wait for anybody."

But, come to think of it, there was no need to wait. Time travelers don't have to wait for anybody.



Jack McDevitt Quotes: "Of course, they (i. e., demons) had always been observed with some regularity, but that could usually be ascribed to an overabundance of piety or wine or imagination. Take your pick."

Of course, they (i. e., demons) had always been observed with some regularity, but that could usually be ascribed to an overabundance of piety or wine or imagination. Take your pick.



Jack McDevitt Quotes: "The queen of virtues is the recognition of one's own flaws."

The queen of virtues is the recognition of one's own flaws.



Jack McDevitt Quotes: "Truth, beaten down, may well rise again. But there's a reason it gets beaten down. Usually, we don't like it very much."

Truth, beaten down, may well rise again. But there's a reason it gets beaten down. Usually, we don't like it very much.



Jack McDevitt Quotes: "If you want creative and successful children, resign yourself to jousting with rebels."

If you want creative and successful children, resign yourself to jousting with rebels.



Jack McDevitt Quotes: "Universal deities ... never seem to smile. Not in any culture. What's the point of having omnipotence if you don't enjoy it?"

Universal deities ... never seem to smile. Not in any culture. What's the point of having omnipotence if you don't enjoy it?



Jack McDevitt Quotes: "The problem is that too often the only people who can act don't want change. Power doesn't so much corrupt as it breeds conservatism."

The problem is that too often the only people who can act don't want change. Power doesn't so much corrupt as it breeds conservatism.



Jack McDevitt Quotes: "Faith is conviction without evidence, and sometimes even in the face of contrary evidence. In some quarters, this quality is perceived as a virtue."

Faith is conviction without evidence, and sometimes even in the face of contrary evidence. In some quarters, this quality is perceived as a virtue.



Jack McDevitt Quotes: "Don't assume that a species is intelligent because it produces intelligent individuals."

Don't assume that a species is intelligent because it produces intelligent individuals.



Jack McDevitt Quotes: "Decisions are always made with insufficient information. If you really knew what was going on, the decision would make itself."

Decisions are always made with insufficient information. If you really knew what was going on, the decision would make itself.



Jack McDevitt Quotes: "Talking with most people usually involves a search for truth. Talking with congressmen is strictly special effects."

Talking with most people usually involves a search for truth. Talking with congressmen is strictly special effects.



Jack McDevitt Quotes: "How does it happen that the most intractable types always rise to the top?"

How does it happen that the most intractable types always rise to the top?



Jack McDevitt Quotes: "If you're right, and nobody really cares what's out there, I wonder whether we're even worth saving."

If you're right, and nobody really cares what's out there, I wonder whether we're even worth saving.



Jack McDevitt Quotes: "It can provide horrendous weapons to idiots."

It can provide horrendous weapons to idiots.



Jack McDevitt Quotes: "Technological civilizations don't last long. You're all right until you get a printing press. Then a race starts between technology and common sense. And maybe technology always wins."

Technological civilizations don't last long. You're all right until you get a printing press. Then a race starts between technology and common sense. And maybe technology always wins.



Jack McDevitt Quotes: "The secret to a successful career in virtually any field is good public relations. Forget results. Forget the facts. Perception is all that matters."

The secret to a successful career in virtually any field is good public relations. Forget results. Forget the facts. Perception is all that matters.



Jack McDevitt Quotes: "So we have progressed to the point where we can move politicians around faster than light. I'm not sure I see the advantage."

So we have progressed to the point where we can move politicians around faster than light. I'm not sure I see the advantage.



Jack McDevitt Quotes: "One could not always put safety up front as the prime goal. Do that, and who would ever achieve anything of note?"

One could not always put safety up front as the prime goal. Do that, and who would ever achieve anything of note?



Jack McDevitt Quotes: "What would happen is that people like Geroge and Alyx would grow old and die chasing a dream. Although there were probably worse things to do with one's life."

What would happen is that people like Geroge and Alyx would grow old and die chasing a dream. Although there were probably worse things to do with one's life.



Jack McDevitt Quotes: "So long as you believe in some truth you do not believe in yourself. You are a servant. A man of faith."

So long as you believe in some truth you do not believe in yourself. You are a servant. A man of faith.



Jack McDevitt Quotes: "The cultures we can look at had already grasped the essential unity of nature. No board of gods can survive that knowledge."

The cultures we can look at had already grasped the essential unity of nature. No board of gods can survive that knowledge.