Mike Resnick Quotes

I persist in fighting because I see something that's wrong, and the alternative to fighting is to submit."
Cain made no comment.
"If you want a philosophic justification, you'll find it in my library," continued Santiago. "I've got a much simpler explanation."
"What is it?"
He smiled a savage smile. "When someone pushes me, I push back.

Look," said Chandler. "Either we've got free will or we don't. If we do, then we are doing the right thing. If we don't, then we can't do anything else, anyway. So what's the point of worrying about it?"
"Because we can stop right now if we decide to."
He smiled. "And how will you know that the Oracle didn't change her mind and choose a future in which we stopped?"
She wearily leaned back on the chair. "Where does it end?"
"Second guessing fate?" asked Chandler. "Never. That's why it's a good idea not to start.

What this embassy needs is more killers and less bureaucrats.

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

If nothing else, money buys you a higher class of woman.

You're going to find this hard to believe, but I don't give a damn about the money," answered Flint.
"'Hard' is an understatement," said Mr. Ahasuerus. "I find it impossible to believe.

Why are you fighting it?"
"Because somebody has to."
"That's not much of a reason."
"It's the best reason there is," said Santiago. "The first duty of power is to perpetuate itself. The first duty of free men is to resist it.

You've got quite a library. I don't think I've ever seen so many books in one place before."
"I like the heft and feel of a book," replied Santiago. "Computer libraries are filled with electrical impulses. Books are filled with words.

There is nothing worse than a meaningless death."
Flint smiled a bittersweet smile. "I envy you for thinking so.

He didn't seem to mind his people being fleeced so much after I slapped him a couple of thousand credits," remarked Flint wryly. "I guess death and taxes aren't the only constants in the universe.

“You sound like a pessimist, Yank,” said Roosevelt.
“Pessimism and realism are next-door neighbors on this continent, Teddy,” said Rogers.

Don't worry," said Monk. "It'll be a cakewalk."
"Cakes don't walk, Jupiter," said Flint. "They fall.

The mind discerns and decides, and the heart vetoes. It is a very inefficient system.

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

No matter what kind of promises a man who’s looking for power makes, he’s not going to turn out to be any different from the one he replaces.