The gods do not protect fools. Fools are protected by more capable fools.
Larry NivenTags: science-fiction social-commentary
The Product of Freedom and Security is a constant (F X S = k). Giving up freedom for security is beginning to look naive.
Larry NivenNever fire a laser at a mirror.
Larry NivenTags: science
There were timelines branching and branching, a mega-universe of universes, millions more every minute. Billions? Trillions? The universe split every time someone made a decision. Split, so that every decision ever made could go both ways. Every choice made by every man, woman, and child was reversed in the universe next door.
Larry NivenMother Nature doesn't care if you're having fun.
Larry NivenHow much intelligence does it take to sneak up on a leaf?
Larry NivenTags: humor vegetarian hunter
Long ago, Louis Wu had stood at the void edge of Mount Lookitthat. The Long Fall River, on that world, ends in the tallest waterfall in known space. Louis's eyes had followed it down as far as they could penetrate the void mist. The featureless white of the void itself had grasped at his mind, and Louis Wu, half hypnotized, had sworn to live forever. How else could he see all there was to see?
Now he reaffirmed that decision.
Ethics change with technology.
Larry NivenTags: ethics technology
Psi and/or magical powers, if real, are nearly useless.
Larry Niven1a) Never throw shit at an armed man.
1b) Never stand next to someone who is throwing shit at an armed man.
Tags: common-sense
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