Dennis E. Taylor Quotes

All actions have risks. Most inactions even more so.

the wonderful thing about knowledge is that you can give it away and still have it.

"Um. Ways in which a sentence beginning with the word "missiles" could be a good thing... Nope. I got nuthin'."

It blew me away that almost two hundred years after Shatner first famously didn’t actually say, “Beam me up, Scotty,” people still knew Star Trek. Now that’s a franchise.

Just when you start to get ahead in the rat race, the universe delivers bigger rats.

Well, the fecal matter seems to have struck the atmospheric propulsor.

But right or wrong, I’ll die in peace. And Pascal’s Wager works both ways, right?” I nodded, returning his smile. “Yup. If you’re wrong, you won’t have the opportunity to regret it.

The death squad shot forward at close to forty G, and I imagined them yelling “Wheee!” in high-pitched minion voices.

At times like this, I wondered if I hadn’t gone a little overboard with the level of detail in my virtual-reality environment. There was no reason for me to even have nether regions, let alone for them to pucker.

Interestingly, two hundred years later and twenty light years away, people still behaved the same in elevators as they did in Original Bob’s day. Everyone turned to face the doors, and ignored each other.

nothing had ever been invented or discovered that beat chocolate —

when you went from not knowing something to knowing something, it changed the way you lived.

If I treat you how I want to be treated, I’m not taking into account your desires.” Theresa made an imploring gesture. “If you are a Unitist and can’t eat land meat, but land meat is my favorite, the Silver Rule says I’m behaving morally by offering you a steak if you’re hungry. But of course you won’t eat it and in fact may be offended. So the Silver Rule is still to a large extent about me and my desires. However, with the Golden Rule, I am obligated to take into account your beliefs and preferences when deciding how best to behave toward you. Does this not produce a better result?

Hey, with IPv8, we should be able to address every galaxy in the universe.

If there was a hell, it was in sales.