Andy Weir Quotes

If ruining the only religious icon I have leaves me vulnerable to Martian vampires, I'll have to risk it.

WATNEY: Look! A pair of boobs! -> (.Y.).

I'm calling it the Watney Triangle because after what I've been through, shit on Mars should be named after me.

The screen went black before I was out of the airlock. Turns out the “L” in “LCD” stands for “Liquid.” I guess it either froze or boiled off. Maybe I’ll post a consumer review. “Brought product to surface of Mars. It stopped working. 0/10.

Everything went great right up to the explosion.

"I penetrated the outer cell membrane with a nanosyringe."
"You poked it with a stick?"
"No!" I said. "Well. Yes. But it was a scientific poke with a very scientific stick."

Human beings have a remarkable ability to accept the abnormal and make it normal.

My asshole is doing as much to keep me alive as my brain.

I admit it’s fatally dangerous,” Watney said. “But consider this: I’d get to fly around like Iron Man.” “We’ll keep working on ideas,” Lewis said. “Iron Man, Commander. Iron Man.

But really, they did it because every human being has a basic instinct to help each other out. It might not seem that way sometimes, but it’s true.

[11:49] JPL: What we can see of your planned cut looks good. We’re assuming the other side is identical. You’re cleared to start drilling.
[12:07] Watney: That’s what she said.
[12:25] JPL: Seriously, Mark? Seriously?

I don’t want to come off as arrogant here, but I’m the best botanist on the planet.

Live Another Sol would be an awesome name for a James Bond movie.

Just three words? Nothing about his physical health? His equipment? His supplies?'

'You got me,' she said. 'He left a detailed status report. I just decided to lie for no reason.'

'Funny,' Venkat said. 'Be a smart-ass to a guy seven levels above you at your company. See how that works out.'

'Oh no,' Mindy said. 'I might lose my job as an interplanetary voyeur? I guess I'd have to use my master's degree for something else.'

'I remember when you were shy.'

'I'm space paparazzi now. The attitude comes with the job.

"Work fast."
"Yeah." I point at the screen. "First I have to wait for my computer to wake up."
"Hurry."
"Okay, I'll wait faster."
"Sarcasm."