George Alec Effinger Quotes

Sometimes the only vitamins I get are in the lime slices in my gimlets.

Proper knowledge defeats the shouting minions of emotion.

In many ways, Islam is a beautiful and elegant faith; but it is the nature of religions to put a higher premium on your proper attention to ritual than on your convenience.

With people, Moore suspected, no matter how noble the intent, a defect was unavoidable, a taint of politics.

“You shouldn’t be so critical,” said Mike the bartender. “Some people like this kind of thing, you know.”
“The kind of person who gets excited over that, I don’t care about,” said Ernest.

The only negative thing she had to say was that I displayed a tendency to exaggerate the facts for the sake of interesting reading.

His thoughts grew confused, and he mistook that quality for complexity.

I do not attempt here to derogate my brother’s reading habits, but merely to indicate the disparity in our interests.

I was no more eccentric than your average raving loon.

The butler recognized me, even favoring me with a minute change in his expression. Evidently I had become a celebrity. Politicians and sex stars may cuddle up to you and it doesn’t prove a thing, but when the butlers of the world notice you, you realize that some of what you believe about yourself is true.

“I think you should know that I’m a devout Christian.” I took that to mean that my new servant wholeheartedly disapproved of almost everything I might say or do.

We’re going to tell you about what it’s like, and what just might happen to you, and if you still want to be a writers we’ll know you’re insane.

Perhaps he could organize everyone. He could stand up on something and shout slogans until he had attracted enough attention. Then he could begin some rambling speech, hoping that the people around him would be so desperate for leadership they wouldn’t notice the absurdity of what he said.

The longer I observe the way people really act, the happier I am that I never pay attention to them.