364 Quotes by Charles Stross

I was raised thinking that moral and ethical standards are universals that apply equally to everyone. And these values aren't easily compatible with the kind of religion that posits a Creator. To my way of thinking, an omnipotent being who sets up a universe in which thinking beings proliferate, grow old, and die (usually in agony, alone, and in fear) is a cosmic sadist.

A pair of vampires with clipboards walk into the back of a church in time for evening mass.

Unfortunately it's also true to say that good management is a bit like oxygen - it's invisible and you don't notice its presence until it's gone, and then you're sorry.

Any civilization where the main symbol of religious veneration is a tool of execution is a bad place to have children.

Private ownerships of a ...slave chip is illegal in many polities. It tends to be a government monopoly, much like other forms of violence. But I had fallen among pirates and life insurance underwriters.

Some say the Internet is for porn but you know that in truth the Internet is for spam.

There's enough irony in my situation that a skilled blacksmith could turn it into a katana.

Humans: such a brilliant model of emotional self-awareness.

All men are islands, surrounded by the bottomless oceans of unthinking night.