172 Quotes by David Brin

With gritty action and realistic science, Peter Watts brings to life a dark and vivid world.

Seldom does a storytelling talent come along as potent and fully mature as Mike Brotherton. His complex characters take you on a voyage that is both fiercely credible and astonishingly imaginative. This is Science Fiction.

Alas, criticism has always been what human beings, especially leaders, most hate to hear.

Beware of assumptions that seem "obvious" in one decade. They may become quaint in the next.

Everything isn't subjective. Reality also matters. Truth matters. It is still a word with meaning.

Every marvel of our age arose out of the critical give and take of an open society. No other civilization ever managed to incorporate this crucial innovation, weaving it into daily life. And if you disagree with this... say so!

I find humans tremendously interesting

It's how creativity works. Especially in humans. For every good idea, ten thousand idiotic ones must first be posed, sifted, tried out, and discarded. A mind that's afraid to toy with the ridiculous will never come up with the brilliantly original.

If an outsider perceives 'something wrong' with a core scientific model, the humble and justified response of that curious outsider should be to ask 'what mistake am I making?' before assuming 100% of the experts are wrong.