Mike Resnick Quotes

Gloria, the world—hell, the whole damned universe—is divided into just two groups: meat eaters and meat. It has been my experience that the former never feels sorry for the latter.

Nothing personal," Mr. Ahasuerus, replied Flint, "but what the hell do you know about it? Your entire experience has been with a carny crew. The next normal human you meet will be the first.

I was so average, Tojo. Even after I stopped being fat I was just an average girl with average parents and average grades and average friends. I was always afraid I was going to have an average husband and sleep with him 3.4 times a week and have 2.2 children.

Procyon III does have a gravity identical to Earth's," said Mr. Ahasuerus apologetically.
"I suspect it's also about as heavily populated as Saskatchewan."
"I am unacquainted with that location," said the blue man.
"So is everyone else.

I've revised my opinion," he announced.
"About what?" asked Mr. Ahasuerus.
"About how long it's going to take Man to conquer the galaxy once he figures out how to travel to the stars." Flint took a long swallow of his beer and wiped his mouth off with a sweaty shirtsleeve. "I give us three weeks, tops." He paused again. "That's twenty days to decide whether it's worth the effort, and one afternoon to pull it off.

It was an art form, and you don’t learn to be an artist. You’re either born one, or you aren’t.

Maybe things are different on his world."
"As near as I can tell, there's one basic law anywhere you go in the universe: the strong eat the weak.

Nobody reaches a position of authority without the ability to be a back-stabbing bastard when the chips are down.

“It is a world of bitter extremes of climate and a totalitarian theocracy.”
“That he believes in,” said Thaddeus.
“Believing in his religion makes it no less oppressive,” said Albert emotionlessly.

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

Is it true?"
"Probably. But just for the record, is what true?

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

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

Enough screaming and yelling!" he yells. "I expect you to behave with some decorum. After all, this is a bar, not City Hall.

Benny shakes his head. “This is America, Lamont,” he says.
“America’s out there somewhere!” growls Lamont, waving his hand toward the door. “This is Manhattan.”