Mike Resnick Quotes

Why did you ever like him, Mouse?" asked Penelope.
"I was lonely," said the Mouse with a sigh, "and sometimes lonely people make poor choices.

I don't believe you."
"What you believe is of no importance to me.

Did you find God, or did you buy Him off?"
"It's all a matter of viewpoint," answered Socrates. "I contribute thousands of credits to His churches and sing His praises every morning, and He pretty much protects me and helps take care of business. It's a mutually nourishing relationship.

It is the home of a very unusual race, as violent in their way as the people of Earth."
"I will assume that's a good thing to be," said Flint dryly.
"For the purpose of this proposition, it most definitely is," said Kargennian, ignoring Flint's undisguised animosity. "They have a culture that worships weaponry fully as much as yours does."
"I don't know that we actually worship it."
"Perhaps I used the wrong word," replied Kargennian. "But the fact remains that their history and cultures are as fully committed to firearms as your own. To this day, most of them carry hand weapons, as barbaric as the concept may seem.

I've always wanted what people told me I couldn't have," responded Flint. "You've never wanted all that much of anything. Which do you suppose is worse?

For the longest time I thought my future would be in ornithology and taxidermy, but eventually I found men more interesting than animals." Suddenly he grinned. "Or at least, more in need of leadership."
"Well, we've come to the right place," replied Boyes. "I think the Congo is probably more in need of leadership than most places.

The second you attain power, you become what you’ve been fighting against.

“A very reasonable attitude,” said Mr. Ahasuerus.
“That’s probably why it’s so rare around here,” said Flint.

I’m trying to tell you that you can trust me because I’m motivated by the most basic human emotion: greed.

“Let’s be reasonable,” suggests Bet-a-Bunch Murphy, which I personally think would make a pleasant change.

You have many wonderful qualities, Virtue—you lie and cheat and blackmail and bluff with great panache, and you’re thoroughly delightful in bed—but you simply aren’t a skilled professional killer.

I wish you were as bright as you think you are.

Does might make right?" she asked.
Cain shrugged. "No. But it makes it pretty difficult for anyone to tell you you're wrong.

You measure a man by what he beats, Thaddeus—not by what he avoids.

“He has wealth, and fame, and security, and everything he ever wanted,” persisted Mr. Ahasuerus. “Why should he be unhappy?”
“Maybe because he’s got wealth and fame and security and everything he ever wanted,” replied the Dancer.