102 Quotes by John Brunner

It's not because my mind is made up that I don't want you to confuse me with any more facts. It's because my mind isn't made up. I already have more facts than I can cope with. So SHUT UP, do you hear me? SHUT UP!

Take it for granted that the government will disregard long-term dangers-such as those affecting the environment-in order to cling to power; that the citizenry will do the same because thinking is too much like hard work; and then the handful of Cassandras are proved right, they will be held to blame and very likely stoned or shot.

After all, the rich get richer and the poor get children. Which is okay so long as lots of them starve in infancy.

La posesión de una imaginación, incluso escasa, permite a su dueño contemplar los procesos que están prohibidos por las leyes naturales. Por tanto, toda conciencia trasciende automáticamente a su universo.

I have always found fact infinitely more interesting than myths and falsehoods.

The real universe has a marvellous and unique quality, inasmuch as it and only it can take us completely by surprise.

The same computers that make it impossible for you to cheat on your income tax can ensure that the blood of your group is in the ambulance that picks you up from a car smash.

On balance, I would say that anybody who reminds our lords and masters that the computerized society is fragile... has definitely done a service to the public at large.

What in Gods name is it worth to be human, if we have to be saved from ourselves by a machine?