107 Quotes by Jack McDevitt

You notice, by the way, that we never have a meeting with an alien. It’s always an encounter.

Show me what a people admire, and I will tell you everything about them that matters.

Drink deep the cup of life; take it's dark wine into your soul. For it passes round the table only once.

One of the CNN guys was literally yelling. “How can you say that? It’s too dangerous for us? We still have people in Syria!

He had to raise his voice to be heard over the wind. 'That Might be our future in that box.''The future is ours to take, Jack we don't need anybody to give it to us.' Walker looked out through the windows at the lake. It was immense.

One SF prediction that I would like very much to see: Get solar collectors launched to beam energy back home, and get away from fossil fuels.

My father used to take me to the movies on Saturdays. In 1940, when I was four years old, we encountered 'Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe.' I loved it. Especially the rocket ship, which I later realized had no airlock and no washroom. But they managed to get to Mongo with it.

I was once invited to attend a private dinner for Senator John F. Kennedy. But it was a Saturday evening, and I passed. Had better things to do.

When I was teaching English and trying to get kids passionate about reading, the most effective weapon I had was 'The Martian Chronicles.'