She’d stopped to massage her hip, wincing. “It simply makes one cross.”
Nooncoming, p. 100 (Originally published in Universe 8, edited by Terry Carr), 1978
In Alien Flesh (1986)

“He didn’t regret growing older, it was a privilege denied to many.”

Gregory Benford

Source: Short fiction, The Man Who Sold The Stars (2013), p. 342

“A rich bank account did not mean rich ideas; in fact, often the reverse. The bigger your ass, the more you want to cover it.”

Gregory Benford

Source: Short fiction, The Man Who Sold The Stars (2013), p. 338

“Manufacturing creates wealth, services distribute it.”

Gregory Benford

Source: Short fiction, The Man Who Sold The Stars (2013), p. 320

“Marches don’t stop markets.”

Gregory Benford

Source: Short fiction, The Man Who Sold The Stars (2013), p. 319

“Schools praised diversity but were culturally the same. Different skin color, same opinions.”

Gregory Benford

Source: Short fiction, The Man Who Sold The Stars (2013), p. 318

“Science is about continuity of ideas, a web of connections.”

Gregory Benford

“A Scientist’s Notebook: Life on Mars?” in Fantasy & Science Fiction, February 1997, p. 119

“I started out with nothing and still have most of it left.”

Gregory Benford

Short fiction, Aspects

“Y’know, fact that nobody understands you doesn’t mean you’re some kinda genius.”

Gregory Benford

Short fiction, Aspects

“She could not understand why people feared new ideas. She was frightened by the old ones.”

Gregory Benford

Source: Short fiction, Vortex, p. 111

“Wars don’t determine who’s right, only who’s left.”

Gregory Benford

Source: Short fiction, Vortex, p. 110

“When you have a Ph. D., you call them hypotheses, not guesses.”

Gregory Benford

Source: Short fiction, Vortex, p. 107

“Science’s success did not need a God to explain it; the world was enough.”

Gregory Benford

Cosm (1998), Part 6, Chapter 3 (p. 325)

“Data always overruled theory.”

Gregory Benford

Part 2, Chapter 10 (p. 111)
Cosm (1998)

“Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them.”

Gregory Benford book The Sunborn

Part III, “Beyond Pluto”, Chapter 4, “The Solar Ramparts” (p. 206)
The Sunborn (2005)