Charging back and forth isn’t progress. Small but steady fo… - Algis Budrys

" "
Charging back and forth isn’t progress. Small but steady forward motion is.

Algis Budrys

Sources available for members. Sign up free to see where this quote comes from

English

Collect this quote

About Algis Budrys

Algis Budrys (January 9, 1931 – June 9, 2008) was a Lithuanian-American science fiction author, editor, and critic.

Also Known As

Also Known As: Algis

Alternative Names: Algirdas Jonas Budrys • David C. Hodgkins • Paul Janvier • Ivan Janvier • Gordon Jaulyn • Gordon Javlyn • Robert Marner • Jeffries Oldmann • Alger Rome • William Scarff • John A. Sentry • Albert Stroud

All quotes from Algis Budrys Similar Quotes by other Originators

Originators like Algis Budrys:

Robert A. Heinlein John Brunner Poul Anderson Larry Niven Robert Sheckley

Additional quotes by Algis Budrys

Smart isn't 'Can you do it, is it good to do?' Smart is 'Can you make 'em believe what you're doing is real?' And real is 'Can you get financing for it?'

I had had a good life. A somewhat shorter one than I had anticipated, but I had had the money, I had had the girls, and nobody told me what to do. Is there, really, anything else? Are you sure?

That was a classic maniacal farrago, and it boils down to his not being able to understand the world. It wasn’t necessary to count the contradictions after the first one.

Charging back and forth isn’t progress. Small but steady forward motion is. - Algis Budrys

About Algis Budrys

Also Known As

Works in ChatGPT, Claude, or Any AI

Additional quotes by Algis Budrys