91 Quotes by Daniel Suarez

She thought about it and nodded slightly. "Yes, the darknet economy was seeded by real world wealth. Wealth that was questionable in origin to begin with. Here, it’s being invested in people and projects that have begun to return value - not in dollars, but in things of intrinsic human worth. Energy, information, food, shelter.

Freedom is overrated. You can be completely free and starving in an igloo in Antarctica. Business is what makes people’s lives better, not democracy. The world is filled with dysfunctional democracies, paralyzed by idiots with votes.

Sorry. Just paralyzed by the indescribable beauty of the cosmos. We'll get to work.

Mammals of every species indulge in play. Games are Nature's way of preparing us to face difficult realities.

You never understood games. Maybe that's why the world was such a mystery to you.

Everyone on the Internet is talking about television and everyone on television is talking about the Internet. The whole damn thing is a self-licking ice cream cone and you're blaming me?

Love and hate are opposite sides of the same coin, you know — both passions. You can flip from one to the other — but not to indifference

Which is why human society mostly works; people avoid trouble. But behind every law is the implicit threat of force, and behind every vote is the implicit threat of rebellion. That's the bargain that holds a free society together. And no society with a wide power imbalance remains free for very long.

In all, his outfit required nearly two thousand man-years of research and development, eight barrels of oil, and sixteen patent and trademark infringement lawsuits. All so he could possess casual style. A style that, in logistical requirements, was comparable to fielding a nineteenth-century military brigade.But he looked good. Casual.