Andy Weir Quotes

He waves to me with a free arm. He knows one human greeting and by golly he plans to use it.

Time to get to know my fellow patients. I don't know who I am or why I'm here, but at least I'm not alone — aaaand they're dead.

God damn it! I yelled to him. Will you stop wining about your problems during my murder!

The worst moments in life are heralded by small observations. The tiny lump on your side that wasn’t there before. Coming home to your wife and seeing two wineglasses in the sink. Anytime you hear “We interrupt this program…

Phobos is the god of fear, and I’m letting it be my guide. Not a good sign.

It’s all part of the life-cycle of an economy. First it’s lawless capitalism until that starts to impede growth. Next comes regulation, law enforcement, and taxes. After that: public benefits and entitlements. Then, finally, overexpenditure and collapse.

I’m leaving Mars today, one way or another. About fucking time.

"I admit it's fatally dangerous," Watney said. "But consider this: I'd get to fly around like Iron Man."

Be careful,' says Rocky. 'You are friend now.'

'Thanks,' I say. 'You are friend also.'

'Thank.

It's a weird feeling, scientific breakthroughs. There's no Eureka moment. Just a slow, steady progression toward a goal. But man, when you get to that goal it feels good.

If my neighborhood were wine, connoisseurs would describe it as “shitty, with overtones of failure and poor life decisions.

Sheesh — you almost ruin a mission one time and all of a sudden you have an alien-enforced bedtime.

I didn't want to spend any more time inside the mind of an economist. It was dark and disturbing.

Mars is a barren wasteland and I am completely alone here. I already knew that, of course. But there’s a difference between knowing it and really experiencing it.

Man, being an American scientist sucks sometimes. You think in random, unpredictable units based on what situation you’re in.