We are here to inscribe ourselves on the universe, and it is not inappropriate to remind ourselves of this when blank slates are given us.
Kim Stanley RobinsonHabits begin to form at the very first repetition. After that there is a tropism toward repetition, for the patterns involved are defenses , bulwarks against time and despair.
Kim Stanley RobinsonAnd Sarah still looked like the sexiest librarian on earth, which is as those of you who frequent libraries know means very sexy indeed, but with that added owlish touch that drives you wild.
Kim Stanley RobinsonTag: librarians sex-appeal librarian sexy
Sad but true: individual intelligence probably peaked in the Upper Paleolithic, and we have been self-domesticated creatures ever since
Kim Stanley RobinsonTag: intelligence evolution
It's lawmakers know better than anyone that laws are more a matter of practical compromise than any kind of moral imperative.
Kim Stanley RobinsonTag: compromise congress law-and-order lawmakers
The idea that each corporation can be a feudal monarchy and yet behave in its corporate action like a democratic citizen concerned for the world we live in is one of the great absurdities of our time—
Kim Stanley RobinsonTag: power democracy government corporations feudalism
Each of us have a gift, you see, given us freely by the universe. And each of us with every breath gives something back
Kim Stanley RobinsonTag: inspirational
Very few people ever bother to find out what other people really think. They are willing to accept whatever they are told about anyone sufficiently distant.
Kim Stanley RobinsonTag: interpersonal-relationships
Money equals power; power makes the law; and law makes government.
Kim Stanley RobinsonTag: money power law government
It was a mistake to speak one's mind at any time, unless it perfectly matched your political purpose; and it never did.
Kim Stanley RobinsonTag: politics philosophy
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