Шеффилд, Чарльз: Цитаты на английском языке
“That’s a whole lot of ifs you got there.”
Charles Sheffield книга Resurgence
“True. But which would you prefer, Louis Nenda?” Atvar H’sial rose from her crouched position. “A substantial set of contingent possibilities, or a single unpleasant certainty?”
Источник: The Heritage Universe, Resurgence (2002), Chapter 32, “Escape Clause” (p. 385)
“You crazy? You’ve got me confused with a guy who cares about other people.”
Charles Sheffield книга Resurgence
Источник: The Heritage Universe, Resurgence (2002), Chapter 30, “Stripping the Ship” (p. 368)
Charles Sheffield книга Resurgence
Источник: The Heritage Universe, Resurgence (2002), Chapter 20, “Tally on Down” (p. 246)
“Idle wishing for circumstances different from what you had was a waste of time.”
Charles Sheffield книга Resurgence
Источник: The Heritage Universe, Resurgence (2002), Chapter 20, “Tally on Down” (p. 245)
“I do not like to concatenate implausibilities.”
Charles Sheffield книга Resurgence
Источник: The Heritage Universe, Resurgence (2002), Chapter 16, “And Then There Were None” (p. 188)
Charles Sheffield книга Resurgence
Источник: The Heritage Universe, Resurgence (2002), Chapter 16, “And Then There Were None” (p. 187)
Charles Sheffield книга Resurgence
Источник: The Heritage Universe, Resurgence (2002), Chapter 8, “Theories, Theories, Theories” (p. 84)
“When you have something to do, do it. When you have nothing to do, sleep.”
Charles Sheffield книга Resurgence
Источник: The Heritage Universe, Resurgence (2002), Chapter 4, “Sleepless in Miranda Port” (p. 33)
“Nothing in life produce a more powerful joy than a near miss by the Angel of Death.”
Charles Sheffield книга Convergence
Источник: The Heritage Universe, Convergence (1997), Chapter 26 (p. 516)
“When a person was so consistently wrong, it was time to give up having opinions.”
Charles Sheffield книга Convergence
Источник: The Heritage Universe, Convergence (1997), Chapter 23 (p. 488)
“One form of insanity bears the name curiosity.”
Charles Sheffield книга Convergence
Источник: The Heritage Universe, Convergence (1997), Chapter 18 (p. 433)
Charles Sheffield книга Convergence
Источник: The Heritage Universe, Convergence (1997), Chapter 13 (p. 381)
“Science wasn’t a show-business talent, conducted in large halls and decided by audience applause.”
Charles Sheffield книга Convergence
Источник: The Heritage Universe, Convergence (1997), Chapter 6 (p. 321)
Charles Sheffield книга Convergence
Источник: The Heritage Universe, Convergence (1997), Chapter 6 (p. 317)
“What I found was worse than diversity—it was insanity.”
Charles Sheffield книга Transcendence
Источник: The Heritage Universe, Transcendence (1992), Chapter 17 (p. 188)
“But no one, no matter how intelligent, could make good inferences from bad data.”
Charles Sheffield книга Transcendence
Источник: The Heritage Universe, Transcendence (1992), Chapter 11 (p. 126)
“If you win too easy, better ask what’s going on that you don’t know about.”
Charles Sheffield книга Transcendence
Источник: The Heritage Universe, Transcendence (1992), Chapter 11 (p. 125)
“Old habits did not just die hard. They refused to die at all.”
Charles Sheffield книга Transcendence
Источник: The Heritage Universe, Transcendence (1992), Chapter 7, “The Torvil Anfract” (p. 70)
“Don’t confuse caution with cowardice.”
Charles Sheffield книга Divergence
Источник: The Heritage Universe, Divergence (1991), Chapter 22 (p. 495)
“Impossible gadgets are always the most valuable.”
Charles Sheffield книга Divergence
Источник: The Heritage Universe, Divergence (1991), Chapter 16 (p. 433)
“No purpose is served by making private suffering into a public event.”
Charles Sheffield книга Summertide
Источник: The Heritage Universe, Summertide (1990), Chapter 23 (p. 254)
“Be an optimist! It’s the only way to live.”
Charles Sheffield книга Summertide
Источник: The Heritage Universe, Summertide (1990), Chapter 13, “Summertide Minus Ten” (p. 151)
Charles Sheffield книга Summertide
Источник: The Heritage Universe, Summertide (1990), Chapter 13, “Summertide Minus Ten” (p. 151)
“That’s what logic says. But I say, phooey, who wants logic? Not you, and not me. We want results.”
Charles Sheffield книга Summertide
Источник: The Heritage Universe, Summertide (1990), Chapter 13, “Summertide Minus Ten” (p. 150)
“The partners were there; gravity was calling the changes, and the cosmic dance was ready to begin.”
Charles Sheffield книга Summertide
Источник: The Heritage Universe, Summertide (1990), Chapter 11, “Summertide Minus Thirteen” (p. 127)
“Everyone was polite; no one was happy.”
Charles Sheffield книга Summertide
Источник: The Heritage Universe, Summertide (1990), Chapter 11, “Summertide Minus Thirteen” (p. 126)
“Mathematics is universal. But very little else is.”
Charles Sheffield книга Summertide
Источник: The Heritage Universe, Summertide (1990), Chapter 10, “Summertide Minus Eighteen” (p. 119)
“But mere plausibility did not make the statement true.”
Charles Sheffield книга Summertide
Источник: The Heritage Universe, Summertide (1990), Chapter 6, “Summertide Minus Twenty-Nine” (p. 65)
Charles Sheffield книга Summertide
Источник: The Heritage Universe, Summertide (1990), Chapter 5, “Summertide Minus Thirty” (p. 61)
