392 Quotes by John Scalzi

In all of the history of professional sports, the Cubs are the ultimate symbol of complete failure.

Moeller also immediately discounted insults about competence, as the incompetent never question their competence about anything.

Lies do not in themselves lead to poor outcomes, nor does truth in every circumstance lead to good ones. As with so many things, context matters.

Imagine a migraine, on top of a hangover, while sitting in a kindergarten of thirty screaming children, who are all taking turns stabbing you in the eye with an ice pick.

The half-life between story of the century and not even the story of the day is quicker than you would ever guess.

I don’t care whether I really exist or don’t, whether I’m real or fictional. What I want right now is to be the person who decides my own fate. That’s something I can work on. It’s what I’m working on now.

Look,” I said. “Something that needs your attention. Over there. Away from here.

People don’t mind having the mystical aspect of a church being poorly defined as long as you make the rules of the church clear.

I have the power to call you here. As I have the power to condemn you to death. I hope we understand each other.